Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80064
Poultry: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Sarah Hall
Labour (Co-op) — Warrington South
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to introduce in-ovo sexing technology to end the routine culling of day-old male chicks in the UK egg industry.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleWe are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. In its 2024 ‘Opinion on alternatives to culling newly hatched chicks in the egg and poultry industries’, the An...
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