Livestock: Transport
Commons · Question 62312 · Tabled 24 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 60563 on Livestock: Death, whether his Department plans to review the temperature threshold for transporting farm animals in the contex
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 1 Jul 2025
It is the responsibility of authorised transporters to ensure that any compromise to animal welfare is minimised during transport and that unnecessary suffering does not occur. Defra has published research detailing adaptations which farms could implement...