Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 70377

Poultry: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

Yasmin Qureshi

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 on the (a) stress and (b) injury chances of farmed chickens and t

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The Government is firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare. The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 introduces new requirements prohibiting one-leg catching of laying hens, meat chickens and turkeys weighing 5kg...

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