Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 95220
Slaughterhouses: Inspections
Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025
Question
Ruth Jones
Labour — Newport West and Islwyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will consider increasing the transparency of operations by the Animal and Plant Health Agency in line with the Food Standards Agency's audits of slaughterhouses.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleThe Government acknowledges the importance of transparency in animal welfare regulation. The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) publish details of successful prosecutions in its annual report to Parliament, as required by Section 80 of the Animal Healt...
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