Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 127335

Poultry: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 14 April 2026

Answered: 20 April 2026

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps her Department have taken to end the routine culling of male chicks.

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.