Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to safeguard the welfare of (a) dairy cows, (b) beef cattle, (c) sheep, (d) ducks, (e) turkeys, (f) farmed fish, (g) decapod crustaceans and (h) cephalopods after the UK leaves the EU.
Answer
The UK already has some of the highest standards of animal welfare, underpinned by existing legislation and farmed animal welfare codes.
This Government has made clear that we intend to retain our existing environmental and animal welfare standards once we have left the EU.
The EU (Withdrawal) Act will convert the existing body of EU environmental and animal welfare law into UK law.
We are committed to maintaining our high animal welfare standards and to keep improving where possible.