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Poultry: Animal Welfare

Asked by Alex MayerLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 3 September 2026UIN 19607

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the report Sustainable Alternatives to Culled Chicks as Captive Raptor and Reptile Feed published by the Vegetarian Society UK on 4 June 2026.

Answered by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

This Government will consider the Vegetarian Society UK’s report on alternative feed sources for raptors and reptiles as part of its work to work towards seeing an end the practice of culling male laying hen chicks.

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