Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38948

Livestock: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 18 March 2025

Answered: 24 March 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve the welfare of livestock undergoing slaughter.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The Government encourages the highest standards of animal welfare at slaughter. A post implementation review of The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 is underway and should be completed this year There are long standing ...

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