HC Deb 23 March 1964 vol 692 cc12-3W
Sir J. Eden

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether, in order to ensure that no unnecessary suffering is caused to animals and poultry by intensive methods of animal husbandry, he will authorise an impartial inquiry into this practice, with a view to considering what further powers he may require to enable him to make regulations for securing humane conditions in connection with such methods.

Mr. Soames

I am not at present satisfied whether such an inquiry is necessary, but I am considering the matter.