§ Dr. PalmerTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans she has to produce a statement of policy on animal welfare based on the report she commissioned entitled Human Development and Animal Welfare; and if she will make a statement. [97694]
§ Clare ShortWe have used a commissioned study on Human Development and Animal Welfare to inform our thinking on animal welfare and livestock-dependent livelihoods. We have no plans to produce a statement of policy on animal welfare.