HC Deb 08 March 1990 vol 168 cc842-3W
40. Mr. Evennett

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he is taking to improve conditions of animal welfare throughout the European Community.

73. Mr. Day

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps are being taken to improve conditions of animal welfare throughout the European Community.

Mr. Maclean

In his written answer of 7 February to my hon. Friend the Member for Hereford (Mr. Shepherd) (Official Report, column 712), my right hon. Friend explained that the community has already taken some action on animal welfare. However, he made it clear that further action is needed in a number of areas so that all countries in the Community operate to the same high standards for the keeping and transport of farm anumals.

61. Mr. John P. Smith

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on common European standards for animal welfare after 1992.

Mr. Maclean

As explained in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Hereford (Mr. Shepherd) on 7 February,Official Report, column 712, I am determined that high standards of animal welfare should be adopted throughout the European Community.

64. Mr. Gareth Wardell

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the implications of the single European market for animal welfare.

Mr. Maclean

The Commission has made a number of proposals to harmonise standards of animal welfare in the Community, and will be making further proposals in due course. The implications will depend on the outcome of the negotiations, in which we shall be pressing for improved safeguards for animal welfare in a number of important areas.