Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80776
Fish Farming: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Adrian Ramsay
Green Party — Waveney Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to introduce species-specific slaughter legislation for farmed fish.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleSince publication of the Animal Welfare Committee’s updated Opinion on the welfare of farmed fish at the time of killing a GB-wide joint government-industry working group on farmed trout has been examining the issues raised in the report. This co-design w...
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