Question follow-through · 77903

Animal Welfare: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to implement an animal welfare labelling scheme to support British farmers.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
13 Oct 2025
Answer
16 Oct 2025 · 30 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to implement an animal welfare labelling scheme to support British farmers.

  2. 13 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    On 12 June 2025, we published the summary of responses and the Government response to the fairer food labelling consultation, which was undertaken last year by the previous government. The response is available here on GOV.UK. We will consider the potenti...

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