Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 19 June 2025.
Danny Kruger
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help protect rare bird breeds from avian influenza in the Salisbury Plain Special Protection Area.
Daniel Zeichner
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The Government has implemented outbreak structures to control and eradicate avian influenza, which will reduce impacts on wildlife.
We have also decided not to issue a general licence for gamebird releases on Special Protection Areas such as Salisbury Plain, to help protect our internationally important bird populations from avian influenza.
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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