§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations she has received on the impact on animal husbandry of(a) allowing animals to spend one overnight period at an auction and (b) requiring an animal to be killed at the slaughterhouse within 48 hours. [141441]
§ Mr. BradshawAfter the reduction in the whole farm standstill from 20 days to six, Defra consulted earlier this year on a package of biosecurity proposals including one that animals should not remain longer than 24 hours on market premises. Following representations made by the industry, legislation was introduced on 1 August this year generally limiting this residency period to 48 hours.
I have received representations from a few operators of markets and slaughterhouses asking for the 48 hour period to be extended.