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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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question text |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference
to the statement by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention entitled Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Infection Reported in a Person in the US,
published on 1 April 2024, what assessment he has made of the level of risk posed
by H5N1; and whether he has had discussions with the (a) Secretary of State for Health
and Social Care and (b) Deputy Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
on the potential implications for the UK Biological Security Strategy of that statement.
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