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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 report entitled Improving the UK’s science capability for managing animal diseases,
published by the National Audit Office on 15 June 2022, what assessment he has made
of the reasons for his Department allowing the Animal and Plant Health Agency Weybridge
site to deteriorate to a state where some of the facilities were found to be no longer
fit for purpose; what steps he is taking to tackle the (a) under-investment and (b)
poor strategic management of the site identified by that report; what recent assessment
he has made of the site’s ability to respond effectively to a major animal disease
outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
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