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Shellfish: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to include decapod crustaceans in the Animal Welfare Act 2006; and if she will publish a timeline for an announcement on that decision.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
17 Mar 2026
Target answer date
19 Mar 2026
Answer
25 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to include decapod crustaceans in the Animal Welfare Act 2006; and if she will publish a timeline for an announcement on that decision.

  2. 19 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to an evidence-based and proportionate approach to setting welfare standards for decapod crustaceans. We set out in our Animal Welfare Strategy that we will develop this evidence base through research and continued stakeholder ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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