Poultry: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 104238 · Tabled 8 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment the Government has made about the potential merits of using in-ovo sexing technology as an alternative to male chick culling in the egg industry.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 14 Jan 2026
As stated in the recently published Animal Welfare Strategy1 we will encourage industry to end the practice of culling male laying hen chicks. In recent years there has been rapid global progress in a range of technologies that could help end the routine ...