(1) With reference to her reply to question 1509 on 11 May 2023, what (a) are the reasons for the inability of the surveillance measures in the livestock biosecurity to detect the outbreak of African horse sickness and report the carnage and (b) steps has she and/or her department taken to address the challenges of dying horses faced by horse farmers;
(2) whether she intends to compensate those farmers who lost their horses; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW3229E