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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2025 to UIN 62951, what progress she has made on incorporating method-of-production labelling reform into the development of animal welfare and food strategies; and if she will publish a timetable for implementation.

This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. In the food strategy we identified 10 priority outcomes, including ensuring that food supply is environmentally sustainable with high animal welfare standards.

The Prime Minister announced that we will be publishing an animal welfare strategy this year. We have considered key priorities for animal welfare in the development of the strategy and will set these out in the strategy upon publication.