§ 58. Sir J. Edenasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will introduce legislation to enable him to make regulations governing the provision of humane conditions for intensive methods of animal husbandry.
§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsNo. It is already an offence under the Protection of Animals Act, 1911,to cause unnecessary suffering to any animal. Action would thus already be possible if cruelty were present in any system of husbandry.