Claire Young MP: written questions 2025

Written questions

• Avian Influenza : Disease ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22171More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has had recent discussions with its international counterparts on (a) coordination and (b) information sharing in the context of the circulation of highly pathog

  Answer: Wild waterbirds of the orders Anseriformes (for example, ducks, geese, and swans) and Charadriiformes (for example, gulls, terns, and waders) are considered the natural reservoir of avian influenza viruses. Their migratory patterns and interactions with k...

  Answered 13 Jan 2025

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• Game: BirdsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22170More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the current research his Department is conducting on the impacts of gamebird releases includes looking at the impacts of mallard releases.

  Answer: The current research my Department is conducting on the impacts of gamebird release does not include looking at impacts of mallard releases.

  Answered 13 Jan 2025

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• Avian Influenza and Notifiable DiseasesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22169More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many (a) mallard and (b) other gamebird rear and release facilities where cases of (i) highly pathogenic avian influenza and (ii) other not

  Answer: My Department holds information on the release of Pheasants and Red-legged partridges on and within a 500m buffer of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England for the last four years for SACs and two years for SPA...

  Answered 13 Jan 2025

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• Avian Influenza and Notifiable DiseasesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22168More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many (a) mallards and (b) other gamebirds of which species have been destroyed at rearing and release facilities due to (i) highly pathogen

  Answer: Over the last five years highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed at seven premises (five in England, one in Scotland and one in Wales) where commercial gamebirds have been kept, out of a total of 411 premises were HPAI has been confirm...

  Answered 13 Jan 2025

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• Avian Influenza and Notifiable DiseasesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22167More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) mallard and (b) other gamebird rearing and release facilities have been found to be infected with (i) highly pathogenic avian influenza and (ii) which other notifiable dis

  Answer: Over the last five years highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed at seven premises (five in England, one in Scotland and one in Wales) where commercial gamebirds have been kept, out of a total of 411 premises were HPAI has been confirm...

  Answered 13 Jan 2025

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• DetaineesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22166More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to help tackle extra-judicial imprisonment.

  Answer: The UK is committed to working with partners bilaterally, and at the UN, to end arbitrary detention, advocate for those who have been arbitrarily detained, and demand accountability. The UK is a vocal supporter of the Canadian initiative against the use o...

  Answered 14 Jan 2025

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