Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Hayes (Conservative), on Wednesday, 13 November 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 80 members in total.

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THE EU AND ANIMAL WELFARE

That this House calls on the European Commission to work for the improvement of animal welfare throughout the community; and to this end, calls on the Commission to ensure that animal welfare standards across the continent are raised to meet the very high standards which pertain in the UK, thus allowing British farmers to compete on a level playing field.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

81 

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Animal welfare EU countries Farmers Standards

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk