As part of the EFRA committee’s evidence session on Avian Influenza, Barry questioned Richard Griffiths, Chief Executive of the British Poultry Council, Paul Kelly of Kelly Turkeys and James Pearce-Higgins, Director of Science, British Trust for Ornithology about the impact on the disease, which has resulted in the culling or death so far this year of over one million ‘Christmas birds’ alone, on poultry farmers and also the impact on wildfowl and seabird numbers.