Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 31182

Poultry: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 12 February 2025
Answered: 24 February 2025

Question

James Naish

Labour — Rushcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the provisions of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006 forbidding the handling of chickens by their legs on farms

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Government is firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and wants to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. Having reviewed the advice and recommendations in the Animal Welfare Committee’s Opinion on the wel...
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