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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...