HC Deb 03 November 1998 vol 318 cc560-1W
Mr. Levitt

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the 1994 Welfare of Livestock Regulations with a view to the provision of a continuous supply of fresh drinking water being made available to cattle. [57192]

Mr. Morley

Schedule 4 to the Welfare of Livestock Regulations 1994 requires livestock, including cattle, to be provided with an adequate supply of fresh drinking water each day. These Regulations will shortly be reviewed, in their entirety, as part of the process of implementing Council Directive 98/58/EC concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes.