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Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve animal welfare in the poultry industry.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
14 Jul 2025
Target answer date
16 Jul 2025
Answer
22 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to improve animal welfare in the poultry industry.

  2. 16 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Animal Health and Welfare Pathway (the Pathway) was launched in 2023 to support continual improvement in farm animal health and welfare beyond the regulatory baseline, this is a critical part of the farming reforms set out in the Agricultural Transiti...

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