Poultry: Animal Welfare
(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is her timeline for ending the culling of male chicks in the egg industry.
Answered by
Stephen Morgan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 7th September 2026
The Government wishes to encourage the egg industry to end the practice of killing day-old chicks but no timeline for the transition has been established.