To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from which (a) UK county and (b) other countries the turkey poults supplied to the Bernard Matthews’ plant at Holton, Suffolk originated; and what the health status of each supplying plant was with regard to the H5N1 virus. (133891)

The 159,000 day-old turkey poults came from Bernard Matthews’ own hatchery in Norfolk, between 30 November and 14 December 2006. The eggs had been supplied by Bernard Matthews’ breeding flocks in Norfolk and Suffolk. We have no evidence of H5N1 infection at these sites.