§ Sir Richard Bodyasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether any grant of public money has been authorised by his Department for the construction of a veal calf rearing unit fitted with crates or pens less than 2 ft wide since the issue of the welfare code on the keeping of veal calves.
§ Mrs. FennerThe present welfare code for cattle recommends that the width of a pen for a singly-penned animal should be not less than the height of the animal at the withers. Units that do not comply with this or other recommendations of the code would not be eligible for grant. I am aware of one unit with pens less than 2 ft wide that was grant-aided in 1979 when the previous cattle code recommended a smaller space allowance.