questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of bird-gathering licensing arrangements on hobby keepers, small-scale breeders and local bird events.
answerText: This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Regulation 6 of the Avian Influenza (Preventive Measures) (England) Regulations 2006, as amended, sets out the legal basis for permitting gatherings of poultry or ot...
heading: Birds: Licensing