United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 147431
Shellfish: Animal Welfare
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17 February 2023
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22 February 2023 · Answer
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22 February 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of banning the sale and distribution of live crabs and lobsters by online retailers.
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17 February 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of banning the sale and distribution of live crabs and lobsters by online retailers.
Source: Commons
22 February 2023
Answer
We are considering carefully the implications of recognising in law the sentience of decapod crustaceans and cephalopod molluscs. The Government currently has no plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a ban on the sale of live crabs and...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-02-17/147431
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1586751
- uk · wq-1586751 · source updated 22 February 2023