Livestock: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 84313 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Ruth Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to apply lessons learned from the use of mandated CCTV footage in slaughterhouses to the enforcement of animal welfare standards on farms.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 31 Oct 2025
There are key differences between farms and slaughterhouses in terms of numbers and this affects the type of inspections that are practical. All slaughterhouses in England have Official Veterinarians from the Food Standards Agency present on-site when ope...