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Birds: Licensing

Commons · Question 107783 · Tabled 22 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 30 Jan 2026

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Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consultation the Animal and Plant Health Agency undertook with avicultural event organisers, birdkeeping societies and representative bodies prior to the introduction of revised b

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Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 30 Jan 2026

Defra officials engaged proactively with stakeholders during summer 2025 including show organisers, auctioneers and breed societies, to better understand achievable conditions for gatherings. Engagement was via a number of stakeholder groups which occur r...