| Heading: |
Avian Influenza: Disease Control |
| Question ID: |
1788581 |
| UIN: |
HL6126 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3736 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Krebs
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Lord Krebs
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government, following the identification of a case of avian influenza in a sheep in Yorkshire, what assessment they have made of the risk of transmission to other livestock, and the risk to human health. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-03 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4395 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
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| Answering Member handle: |
suehayman1
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@suehayman1
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| Answer text: |
Influenza of avian origin (H5N1) has been detected in a sheep in England, following routine surveillance of co-located livestock on a premises where highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 had been confirmed in other captive birds. To mitigate the r... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |