Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 107786
Birds: Licensing
Tabled: 22 January 2026
Answered: 30 January 2026
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the evidential basis is for the introduction of separate licensing regimes for (a) psittaciformes and (b) poultry and passerines.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThis is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The most recently published qualitative 2025 risk assessment (November 2025) sets out the overall risk of transmission of avian influenza associated with gatherings ...
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