Poultry: Animal welfare
Commons · Question 105878 · Tabled 14 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage industry to end the practice of culling male laying hen chicks; and if she will publish a timetable for taking these steps.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 21 Jan 2026
As stated in the recently published Animal Welfare Strategy1 the Government welcomes the UK egg industry’s interest in the development of day zero sexing technology. There has been rapid global progress in a range of technologies that could help end the ...