Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 107783

Birds: Licensing

Tabled: 22 January 2026
Answered: 30 January 2026

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultation the Animal and Plant Health Agency undertook with avicultural event organisers, birdkeeping societies and representative bodies prior to the introduction of revised b

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra officials engaged proactively with stakeholders during summer 2025 including show organisers, auctioneers and breed societies, to better understand achievable conditions for gatherings. Engagement was via a number of stakeholder groups which occur r...

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