A question on #AvianInfluenza tabled by Mr Andrew Snowden on 09-06-2025 has been answered by Daniel Zeichner.

Heading: Avian Influenza
Question ID: 1810597
UIN: 58323
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-09
Asking Member ID: 5072
Asking Member display name: Mr Andrew Snowden
Asking Member handle: A_J_Snowden
Asking Member Twitter reference: @A_J_Snowden
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what metrics his Department uses to assess the effectiveness of routine avian influenza surveillance systems in detecting early outbreaks of H5N1.
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Date answered: 2025-06-16
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Answering Member ID: 4382
Answering Member display name: Daniel Zeichner
Answering Member handle: danielzeichner
Answering Member Twitter reference: @danielzeichner
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Answer text: Our avian influenza surveillance programmes are line with international standards of best practice and requirements for disease surveillance set out by the World Organisation for Animal Health’s Terrestrial Animal Health Code. In addition to our statutory...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true