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Redevelopment of Defra’s animal health infrastructure

Status: Closed Opened: 9 Jun 2022 Closed: 24 Feb 2023 15 recommendations 21 conclusions 1 report

The UK faces a significant threat from animal diseases, such as Bovine Tuberculosis - which is the subject of controversy over the badger culling that has traditionally been used to control it - and ‘zoonotic’ diseases which can transmit from animals to humans – as is believed to have been the origin of the Covid …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twenty-Fourth Report - Redevelopment of Defra’s animal heal… HC 42 16 Nov 2022 36 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
8 Recommendation Twenty-Fourth Report - Redevelopment of… Rejected

While the APHA and the Chief Veterinary Officer said that animal diseases had not gone...

While the APHA and the Chief Veterinary Officer said that animal diseases had not gone down in their priorities, the Department and the APHA said that animal disease is one amongst a range of national risks that need to be managed.14 The Department stated that it thought there was a …

Government response. The government disagrees with the recommendation, stating that Defra already highlights the threat from animal diseases in the National Risk Register and participates in other risk assessment processes.
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
13 Jul 2022 Colin Dingwall · Animal and Plant Health Agency, David Holdsworth · Animal and Plant Health Agency, Professor Christine Middlemiss · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Sarah Homer · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Tamara Finkelstein · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs View ↗