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Avian Influenza: Fylde

Commons · Question 89718 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 18 Nov 2025

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Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risk to the health of birds from avian influenza (H5N1) in Fylde constituency.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 18 Nov 2025

The risk of HPAI H5 in wild birds in Great Britain has recently escalated from high to very high (event occurs almost certainly). The risk of poultry exposure to HPAI H5 in Great Britain is assessed as very high (event occurs almost certainly) where there...