§ Mr. Crowtherasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he can now give an approximate date on which he expects to introduce legislation to phase out the use of veal crates;
(2) over what period he intends to phase out the use of veal crates.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonWe are currently seeking the views of interested organisations on our proposals to ban the use of veal crates, and would expect to be able to lay draft regulations before Parliament in next few months. We have proposed that the use of veal crates should be phased out over a period of not more than three years.