Poultry: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 121574 · Tabled 17 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Joshua Reynolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what timeline and industry roadmap he has established for ending male chick culling.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 23 Mar 2026
The Government has set out in the recently published Animal Welfare Strategy that it will encourage the egg industry to move away from the practice of killing day-old chicks. The Government will discuss with them a roadmap to reach the objective of ending...