§ Norman BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she intends to take to ensure that animal welfare standards applicable to agricultural practice apply equally to(a) pheasant rearing and (b) pheasant shooting when carried out as sporting activities. [7255]
§ Mr. MorleyThe Protection of Animals Act 1911 applies to captive pheasants. There are no plans to extend the 1911 Act to birds that have been released for sporting activities.