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Fish Farming: Animal Welfare

Asked by Victoria CollinsLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 21 October 2024UIN 8721

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward species-specific legislative proposals to ensure farmed fish do not experience avoidable pain and suffering.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given to the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole, Vikki Slade, on 9 October 2024, PQ UIN 7335.

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