Subject	Predicate	Object
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		Written answer
	answer has question	AjAgQJKm
	answer has answering person	Mark Steven Spencer
	answer text	<p>Stimulating market demand for higher welfare products is a key strand of the Government’s Animal Health and Welfare Pathway.</p><p> </p><p>We therefore ran a call for evidence in 2021 to gather data on the impacts of different types of animal welfare labelling reforms, which received over 1,600 responses. The evidence provided suggested that there is public appetite for improved welfare labelling.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue working with key stakeholders to explore how we can harness the market to improve food information for consumers and raise animal welfare standards. As part of this, we will continue to gather evidence on the impacts of a wide range of market interventions, as well as how they would align with wider labelling proposals such as eco-labelling.</p>
	answer given date	2023-10-19
	answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	written answer has answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has written answer	lUU8kyAH
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	answering body has answer	lUU8kyAH
AjAgQJKm	question has answer	lUU8kyAH
Mark Steven Spencer	answering person has answer	lUU8kyAH