A Surrey MP is urging for significant investment in the UK's Animal and Plant Health Agency following a large-scale bird flu outbreak that led to the culling of over a million birds in the Midlands. Dr Ben Spencer emphasizes the agency's crucial role in preventing and responding to such outbreaks and calls for the environment minister to visit the affected site.
A Surrey MP is warning that the government agency meant to help the UK withstand fresh bird flu outbreaks urgently needs "massive investment".
Conservative MP Dr Ben Spencer, has made the case for more cash for the government's Animal and Plant Health Agency, which is based in his Runnymede and Weybridge constituency.
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