PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
African Horse Sickness and West Nile Virus: Disease Control (19 June 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what measures he is taking to prevent (a) African Horse sickness and (b) West Nile Disease from entering the UK; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Sir Desmond Swayne (Conservative)

African horse sickness (AHS) and West Nile virus (WNV) are both notifiable in the UK. Defra has well established processes for the prevention, early identification and control of exotic notifiable diseases such as AHS and WNV.

Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
25 June 2018