The Department said it is undertaking a range of strategic capability building work that will improve long-term resilience, including redeveloping the National Biosecurity Centre at Weybridge, developing a multi-species livestock tracing system, and modernising APHA’s systems and processes. The Department recognised that there is no long-term strategy that brings all its work together in a comprehensive way and confirmed that it will be working on this over the next 18 months. The Department also explained 43 C&AG’s report, paras 4.8-4.9 44 Dr Alexander Waller (TAD0001); The Pirbright Institute (TAD0008); Royal Society of Biology (TAD0009); Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) (TAD0012); British Veterinary Association (TAD0013), NFU (TAD0015) 45 Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Statement of Intent: UK Veterinary Vaccine Availability, 11 September 2025 46 The Pirbright Institute (TAD0008) 47 Letter from Defra to Committee, 18 September 2025 48 Letter from Defra to Committee, 18 September 2025 16 that this will form part of a larger piece of work led by the Cabinet Office to strengthen the UK’s resilience to a range of biosecurity threats across human, animal and plant health.49 49 Qq 59-60 17