Pigs: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 38953 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to phase out the use of carbon dioxide in the slaughter of pig livestock.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 24 Mar 2025
The Government encourages the highest standards of animal welfare at slaughter. A post implementation review of The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 is underway and should be completed this year There are long standing ...