Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 34741
Poultry: Avian Influenza
Tabled: 28 February 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025
Question
Harriet Cross
Conservative — Gordon and Buchan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether compensation will be available for commercial poultry farmers for flock losses due to avian influenza control measures.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerCompensation paid for birds culled by the Government for disease control purposes is designed to promote prompt reporting of suspicion of disease and is only payable for healthy birds as set out in the Animal Health Act 1981. There is no compensation avai...
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