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Poultry: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to review existing animal welfare legislation following the withdrawal by companies from voluntary commitments to improve chicken farming conditions.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
4 Mar 2026
Answer
10 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to review existing animal welfare legislation following the withdrawal by companies from voluntary commitments to improve chicken farming conditions.

  2. 4 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    As set out in the animal welfare strategy, the Government remains committed to supporting a move away from the use of fast-growing breeds of meat chickens. The Government welcome the fact that those supermarkets who made Better Chicken Commitment pledges ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Pigs: Slaughterhouses

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Dairy Farming: School Milk

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Bananas: Import Duties

10 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed suspension of tariffs on fresh bananas on the resilience and diversity of the UK's food supply chain.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Livestock Industry: Migrant Workers

15 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to train UK-based sheep shearers ahead of the closure of Seasonal Shearer Visas in 2027.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Livestock Industry: Migrant Workers

15 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the end of Seasonal Shearer Visas in 2027 on sheep welfare.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Flood Control

2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to prepare for the risk of flash flooding following drought conditions.

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Babies: Health Hazards

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what data her department has gathered on babies' exposure to bisphenols and phthalates from feeding bottles, dummies and teethers in their first 1,000 days.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Babies: Health Hazards

7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered the merits of launching a investigation into chemical exposure from plastics during a baby's first 1000 days.