Question follow-through · 17282
Poultry: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of compliance with animal welfare standards in commercial poultry production.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of compliance with animal welfare standards in commercial poultry production.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government remains firmly committed to maintaining high animal welfare standards. Compliance with animal welfare standards is monitored by Defra’s Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) who conduct inspections to check that animal welfare standards are...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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