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Animal Welfare

Commons · Question 33013 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 4 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Champion

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

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 4 Mar 2025

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.