Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 105880

Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 14 January 2026

Answered: 27 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the risk to non-farmed animals of disease transmission from the nearby presence of a fish farm.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Defra’s disease control measures seek to contain the number of animals that need to be culled, either for disease control purposes or to safeguard animal welfare. The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and the Fish Health In...

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