Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38953
Pigs: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025
Question
Andrew Rosindell
Reform UK — Romford
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to phase out the use of carbon dioxide in the slaughter of pig livestock.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe 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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