§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will now introduce legislation to ban the use of veal crates; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. FennerThe Farm Animal Welfare Council is currently considering all the codes of recommendations for the welfare of livestock to see whether any of those recommendations can more appropriately be made mandatory by being incorporated into regulations. Were certain recommendations in the new cattle code, notably paragraph 35 dealing with space requirements for individually penned animals, to be made mandatory, veal crates as conventionally understood could no longer be used.