Sheep: Animal Welfare
(asked on 15th October 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, if her department will publish the results of the consultation on proposed changes to castration and tail docking methods which closed on 9 March 2026.
Answered by
Stephen Morgan
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 20th October 2026
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 3 July 2026 to the Hon. Member for North East Somerset and Hanham.
We will continue to work in partnership with farmers, vets and industry to progress and develop the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway, focusing public funding where it can have the greatest positive impact.