A question on #DiseaseControl #Compensation tabled by Ellie Chowns on 26-06-2025 has been answered by Daniel Zeichner.

Heading: Disease Control: Compensation
Question ID: 1817105
UIN: 63221
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-26
Asking Member ID: 5249
Asking Member display name: Ellie Chowns
Asking Member handle: EllieChowns
Asking Member Twitter reference: @EllieChowns
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make future disease outbreak compensation payments conditional on (a) evidence of private insurance in place and (b) demonstrable compliance with specified biosecurity stand
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Date answered: 2025-07-03
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4382
Answering Member display name: Daniel Zeichner
Answering Member handle: danielzeichner
Answering Member Twitter reference: @danielzeichner
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Answer text: Compensation is paid by Defra for animals culled by the Government for disease control purposes, as set out in the Animal Health Act 1981. In addition to the financial support offered to producers directly affected by outbreaks through compensation, produ...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true