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Slaughterhouses: CCTV

Asked by Laurence TurnerLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 15 November 2024UIN 12007

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of The Mandatory Use of Close Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses (England) Regulations 2018.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Published in June 2023, the Post Implementation Review of The Mandatory Use of Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses (England) Regulations 2018 confirmed that the legislation has met its objectives of improving animal welfare and providing assurance that slaughterhouses are operating to high welfare standards.

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