Mosquitos: Diseases
Commons · Question 54937 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Tom Gordon
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of climate change on the range of mosquito-borne diseases in the UK.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 6 Jun 2025
Defra funds, with UKRI, a large research consortium looking at the effects of climate change on mosquito-borne diseases in the UK. This programme includes the Vector-Borne disease RADAR programme, but there are other equally important vector borne disease...