Question follow-through · 109519
Birds: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes made in December 2025 to Bird Gathering Licences on the viability of (a) mixed-species bird exhibitions, (b)
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 3 Feb 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes made in December 2025 to Bird Gathering Licences on the viability of (a) mixed-species bird exhibitions, (b)
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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3 Feb 2026
Answer published
This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Regulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, sets out the legal basis for permitting gatherings of poultry or ot...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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