Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 121574
Poultry: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 17 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Question
Mr Joshua Reynolds
Liberal Democrat — Maidenhead
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timeline and industry roadmap he has established for ending male chick culling.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe Government has set out in the recently published Animal Welfare Strategy that it will encourage the egg industry to move away from the practice of killing day-old chicks. The Government will discuss with them a roadmap to reach the objective of ending...
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