Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 118907

Poultry: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 9 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026

Question

Navendu Mishra

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set out how her Department’s animal welfare strategy will address the welfare of fast-growing broiler chickens used in the foodservice sector.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Government is considering how we can support voluntary efforts to move away from the use of fast-growing meat chicken breeds. The Government welcomes the fact that those supermarkets who made Better Chicken Commitment pledges have fulfilled them, but ...

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