Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2017 to Question 115879, on what basis his Department decides which of its statutory welfare codes should be prioritised for updating.
Answer
The prioritisation of future updates to statutory welfare codes which are not currently under consideration will be guided by their need for improvement. This will include considering legislative changes and husbandry advances that have taken place since those codes were last updated.