Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 98691
Poultry: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025
Question
Terry Jermy
Labour — South West Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of ending the routine culling of day-old male chicks in the UK egg industry; and whether she plans to encourage the use of in-ovo sexing technol
Answer
Dame Angela EagleI refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 9 July 2025 to the hon. Member for Stockport, PQ UIN 64121.