Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 56419

Veterinary Services

Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025

Question

James Naish

Labour — Rushcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered introducing a centrally-funded veterinary surveillance scheme to support early detection of animal disease.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Our existing animal health surveillance arrangements are robust and we monitor for new and emerging threats to our biosecurity through our Veterinary Risk Group (VRG) and the Human and Animal Infections Risk Surveillance (HAIRS) Group. We are not consider...
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