Bluetongue Virus: Disease Control
Commons · Question 74073 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 19 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) monitor and (b) help control the spread of Culicoides midges, the vectors of bluetongue virus serotype 3, in high-risk areas.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 19 Sep 2025
Defra’s bluetongue disease control measures aim to limit the spread of BTV infection through proportionate and evidence-based control measures, whilst balancing the burdens of controls against the benefits of slowing the spread of bluetongue and minimisin...