Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 78120

Poultry: Biodiversity

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Stuart Andrew

ConservativeDaventry

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of reductions in poultry biodiversity on the food chain.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The UK has a highly resilient poultry meat supply chain which has coped well in responding to the unprecedented challenges it has faced in the recent years. Conservation of animal genetic resources including poultry breeds contributes to biodiversity. The...

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