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Animal Welfare

Asked by Sarah ChampionLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 4 March 2025UIN 33013

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 27227 on Shellfish: Animal Welfare, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including all animals recognised

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

Pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 27227, no policy decisions about these animals in relation to the Animal Welfare Act (2006) have been made whilst the evidence-base is being built.

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