Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 103635
Partridges and Pheasants: Gun Sports
Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026
Question
Adrian Ramsay
Green Party — Waveney Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, in light of the presence of Avian Influenza, whether she is going to permit the release of pheasants and partridges into the countryside for recreational shooting in 2026.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThis will principally depend on the level of risk from Avian Influenza to commercial poultry flocks and to our internationally important bird populations at Special Protection Areas. It is not possible to say at this point in time what the level of diseas...
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