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Livestock: Disease Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve livestock (a) registration and (b) inspection, in the context of (i) avian influenza and (ii) the recommendations in Dame Glenys Stacey's

answeredRichard TiceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
20 Mar 2025
Answer
26 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 18 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve livestock (a) registration and (b) inspection, in the context of (i) avian influenza and (ii) the recommendations in Dame Glenys Stacey's

  2. 20 Mar 2025

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  3. 26 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Since the 1 September 2024 in Scotland and 1 October 2024 in England and Wales registration has been a legal requirement for anyone owning poultry or other captive birds, with the exception of certain psittacines and passerines, even if only kept as pets....

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