Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 116988

Poultry: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 2 March 2026
Answered: 10 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of fast growing broiler breeds on welfare conditions.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The welfare implications of fast-growing breeds of meat chickens was considered as part of the Defra funded Systematic Review of Evidence on Livestock Breeding conducted by Queen’s University Belfast. The Government also commissioned the Animal Welfare Co...

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