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Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, chair of the Public Accounts Committee, said: "The bill for the major foot and mouth disease outbreak in 2001 ran into multiple billions for the public and private sector. Serious animal disease outbreaks pose a severe threat to wildlife, and the farming sector, and in the case of zoonotic diseases, to human health."
The Government is not adequately prepared for severe animal disease outbreaks, a Public Accounts Committee report has revealed. More of the story to follow.
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