Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 105878
Poultry: Animal welfare
Tabled: 14 January 2026
Answered: 21 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Vikki Slade
Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage industry to end the practice of culling male laying hen chicks; and if she will publish a timetable for taking these steps.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleAs stated in the recently published Animal Welfare Strategy1 the Government welcomes the UK egg industry’s interest in the development of day zero sexing technology. There has been rapid global progress in a range of technologies that could help end the ...
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