§ Mr. Colin Shepherdasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress has been made in his consideration of the development of a new welfare code for poultry.
§ Mr. JoplingI met the Farm Animal Welfare Council recently, when I explained that revisions to the codes would be laid before Parliament after the Council of Minister had received and considered the report on laying hens in battery cages due from the European Commission by 1 January 1985.