Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 78115
Poultry: Agricultural Shows
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 26 November 2025
Question
Stuart Andrew
Conservative — Daventry
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the potential economic impact of prohibiting poultry shows on (a) rural economies, (b) agricultural shows, (c) local businesses and (d) hobbyist breeders.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleRegulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, sets out the legal basis for permitting gatherings (such as shows) of poultry or other captive birds. In England, a licence to hold a bird gathering may be g...
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