Avian Influenza
Lords · Question HL3897 · Tabled 8 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Randall of Uxbridge
To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports of cases of avian flu in pheasants, what assessment they have made of the risks that ‘catching up’ pheasants this shooting season may pose to people, captive birds, and wild birds; and what plans they hav
Answer
Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 16 Jan 2025
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has published on GOV.UK their assessment of the risk of catching up gamebirds and the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1. The need to update this risk assessment in response to new scientific e...