Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 7335

Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 4 October 2024

Answered: 9 October 2024

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to increase protection for farmed fish.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The Animal Welfare Committee’s updated Opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing was published last year. A GB-wide farmed trout joint Government and industry working group is now examining the issues raised in the report to explore the...

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