United Kingdom · Motion · Early Day Motion
EDM 852
FARROWING CRATES
Introduced
14 June 2000
Last action
14 June 2000 · Early Day Motion
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0
Sponsors
Sir Alan Meale
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14 June 2000
Summary
That this House is concerned about the welfare of pigs raised in indoor intensive units in the United Kingdom; is aware that currently more than half a million breeding sows are being intensively farmed in Britain, many of which are subjected to pain and severe stress caused by the use of farrowing crates which severely restrict their movement during pregnancy; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to take immediate action to ban the use of farrowing crates in pig production and to bring forward measures to improve the welfare of animals involved in intensive food production.
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14 June 2000
Early Day Motion
That this House is concerned about the welfare of pigs raised in indoor intensive units in the United Kingdom; is aware that currently more than half a million breeding sows are being intensively farmed in Britain, many of which are subjected to pain and severe stress caused by the use of farrowing crates which severely restrict their movement during pregnancy; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to take immediate action to ban the use of farrowing crates in pig production and to bring forward measures to improve the welfare of animals involved in intensive food production.
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- Sir Alan Meale · Labour · Primary sponsor
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- Official source: https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motions/18237
- Open data entity: https://oralquestionsandmotions-api.parliament.uk/EarlyDayMotions/list
- uk · edm-18237 · source updated 14 June 2000