Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 23461

Foot and Mouth Disease: Disease Control

Tabled: 13 January 2025
Answered: 16 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland and Stamford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) protect the livestock sector from the confirmed outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Germany and (b) prevent the disease entering the UK.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The UK is currently free from foot and mouth disease (FMD) and has a robust contingency plan in place to manage risk as set out in the Foot and Mouth Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain. Controls include strict prohibitions on the imports of animal...

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