Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Animal and Plant Health Agency has carried out its investigation into Hall Farm in Necton Norfolk; and what evidence it plans to take account of before concluding its findings.

The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) takes the welfare of all farmed animals very seriously and every substantive complaint received at APHA is evaluated and investigated.

All farms need to comply with the Animal Welfare Act 2006. APHA does not release the finding of inspections to third parties as this would be a breach of the Data Protection Act 1998.