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Bluetongue Disease: Disease Control |
| Question ID: |
1745219 |
| UIN: |
16561 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4853 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Neil Hudson
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Dr Neil Hudson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help (a) farmers and (b) animal-related industries to reduce the likelihood of bluetongue virus spreading. |
| Is named day: |
true |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-02 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
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| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
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| Answer text: |
Early identification was crucial to enabling a rapid response to a bluetongue outbreak. Defra provided free pre-movement testing to animal keepers in counties at the highest risk of incursion from infected midges originating from the continent. A restrict... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |