Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 84313

Livestock: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 22 October 2025

Answered: 31 October 2025

Question

Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to apply lessons learned from the use of mandated CCTV footage in slaughterhouses to the enforcement of animal welfare standards on farms.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

There are key differences between farms and slaughterhouses in terms of numbers and this affects the type of inspections that are practical. All slaughterhouses in England have Official Veterinarians from the Food Standards Agency present on-site when ope...

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