Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 107787

Birds: Licensing

Tabled: 22 January 2026

Answered: 30 January 2026

Question

Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to review the Animal and Plant Health Agency’s bird gathering licensing framework to allow (a) unified and (b) compatible licensing for mixed-species exhib

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. The decision as to whether to allow gatherings by way of a general licence is kept under regular review and is informed by regular qualitative risk assessment contai...

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