United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 40969
Trout: Animal Welfare
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24 March 2025
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28 March 2025 · Answer
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28 March 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure oversight of the welfare of trout on farms in England.
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24 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure oversight of the welfare of trout on farms in England.
Source: Commons
28 March 2025
Answer
Current legislation provides protection for farmed fish. The Animal Welfare Act 2006 makes it an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to any protected animal, including fish, or to fail to provide for the welfare needs of a protected animal, for which t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-24/40969
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1788009
- uk · wq-1788009 · source updated 28 March 2025