Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 14548

Sheep: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 30 June 2026
Answered: 3 July 2026

Question

Tom Morrison

Liberal DemocratCheadle

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the scientific evidence on the welfare impacts of routine tail docking and castration in lam

Answer

Stephen Morgan
The Government considered the Animal Welfare Committee’s Opinion on the Implications of Castration and Tail Docking for the Welfare of Lambs including the scientific evidence prior to issuing a UK-wide consultation on proposals to improve the welfare of l...

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