Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 34493

Climate Change and Disease Control

Tabled: 27 February 2025
Answered: 12 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Jonathan Davies

LabourMid Derbyshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve the UK's biosecurity resilience against (a) invasive species, (b) plant diseases, (c) animal diseases and (d) other emerging threats; and

Answer

Mary Creagh
Our biosecurity is paramount – it underpins safe food; protects human, animal and plant health; and supports a prospering economy and trade. We have in place robust measures to maintain and improve our ability to understand, detect, prevent, respond and r...

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