Written questions

Avian Influenza

Commons · Question 58324 · Tabled 9 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 16 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) support and (b) resources for (i) small-scale and (ii) backyard bird keepers to help ensure their compliance with avian influenza sur

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 16 Jun 2025

Supporting bird keepers, the public and conservation bodies to manage and prepare for avian influenza continues to be one of Defra’s main priorities. Defra and the Devolved Governments have several lines of communication to bird keepers and the public. Ea...