Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 119236

Poultry: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

Bob Blackman

ConservativeHarrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking to work with industry to develop a roadmap for ending the routine culling of male chicks, as laid out in the Animal Welfare Strategy.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 21 January 2026 to the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole, PQ UIN 105878.