Question follow-through · 129866
Birds: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed the adequacy of the availability of suitably qualified veterinary professionals to support bird gatherings under revised licensing rules.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 27 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 2 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has assessed the adequacy of the availability of suitably qualified veterinary professionals to support bird gatherings under revised licensing rules.
29 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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29 Apr 2026
Answer published
This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.Defra takes a proportionate approach to veterinary input and oversight at bird gatherings. At all gatherings there is a requirement that a veterinary surgeon must be ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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