Dan Carden MP: written questions
4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress
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Written questions
Poultry: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of differences in animal welfare and meat quality between UK-grown chickens and imported chicken meat sold in the UK.
Answer: As set out in the Animal Welfare Strategy, the government is considering how we can support voluntary efforts to move away from the use of fast-growing meat chicken breeds. The Department has not made such assessments of comparison between UK-grown chicke...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal WelfareDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of UK-grown chickens in comparison with those farmed in other countries, particularly with regards to 1) animal welfare, 2) animal lifespan and
Answer: As set out in the Animal Welfare Strategy, the government is considering how we can support voluntary efforts to move away from the use of fast-growing meat chicken breeds. The Department has not made such assessments of comparison between UK-grown chicke...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPoultry: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what further legislative actions her Department is considering to mandate or ban the use of specific breeds of chicken in UK farming.
Answer: There are currently no plans to mandate or ban the use of specific breeds of chicken. As set out in the Animal Welfare Strategy, the government is considering how it can support voluntary efforts to move away from the use of fast-growing meat chicken bree...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPoultryDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Sept 2026AnsweredUIN 26604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her department has made of the scale of the use of fast-growing chicken breeds in the UK, both in terms of UK farming and UK retail sales.
Answer: Current estimates are that around 95% of meat chickens in the UK are fast growing breeds. The Department has not assessed the scale of the use of fast-growing chicken breeds in the UK in terms of UK retail sales.
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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