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What free range turkey farms are licensed to operate in Wales. - There is no legal requirement for free-range turkey farms to be licensed.

Asked by
Llew Smith (Labour)
Answering body
Welsh Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 December 1992
Reference
216 c311-2W
House
House of Commons

If he will estimate the amount of turkey meat imported into the United Kingdom in each of the last five years; what measures Her Majesty's Government takes to ensure that imported turkeys have been reared and transported humanely. - Inc figs.

Asked by
Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 December 1992
Reference
216 c65W
House
House of Commons

What have been the numbers of wild geese exports to Italy for the period from 1st September 1991 to 31st January 1992, inclusive; and if he will provide a breakdown by type of goose; how many licences for the export of wild geese have been issued since 31 Jan 1991....

Asked by
Andrew Welsh (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Department of the Environment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 December 1992
Reference
216 c59W
House
House of Commons

What assessment he has made of the effects of low flying aircraft on poultry farming.

Asked by
Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 December 1992
Reference
215 c760W;215 c754W
House
House of Commons

If he will give the number of hens kept for (a) laying eggs and (b) poultry meat production in each county. - Includes figures.

Asked by
Lord Jopling
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 December 1992
Reference
215 c369-70W;215 c368-9W
House
House of Commons

Whether he will take steps, along with his EC colleagues, to ban the rearing and keeping of hens in battery cages.

Asked by
Lord Renton of Mount Harry (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 November 1992
Reference
214 c823W;214 c827W
House
House of Commons

SI 1992/2726. Motion to approve. Agreed to on question (formal).

Type
Parliamentary proceedings
Date
23 November 1992
Reference
214 c712
House
House of Commons

SI 1992/2726. Lords debate on a motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Earl Howe
Answering member
Lord Carter
Type
Parliamentary proceedings
Date
23 November 1992
Reference
540 c863-5
House
House of Lords

SI 1992/2726. Considered by Standing Committee.

Type
Debates on delegated legislation; Delegated Legislation Committee proceedings
Date
19 November 1992
Reference
2nd SC on SIs
House
House of Commons

That this House expresses its dismay at the serious welfare problems of intensively reared broilers; notes that such broilers spend their short lives of six to seven weeks in huge windowless sheds, often containing tens of thousands of birds; notes that as the birds grow larger the sheds become extremely...

Primary sponsor
Andrew Bowden (Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Date
17 November 1992
Reference
862
House
House of Commons

That this House deplores the cruel trade in pate de foie gras; notes that in France alone nearly two million geese are force fed, whereby geese are placed in restraining braces which hold their wings tightly to their bodies and stretch their necks, whereby the birds' heads are raised so...

Primary sponsor
Cynog Dafis (Plaid Cymru)
Type
Early day motions
Date
13 November 1992
Reference
840
House
House of Commons

What information he has on the voltages normally used for stunning poultry in British slaughterhouses. - Inc figure.

Asked by
Ron Davies (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 November 1992
Reference
213 c806W;213 c804W
House
House of Commons

To comment on the main findings of the EC Scientific Veterinary Committee Report on Hen Welfare; and if he will make it his policy to advocate the phasing out of battery cages.

Asked by
Cynog Dafis (Plaid Cymru)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 November 1992
Reference
213 c418W
House
House of Commons

What proposals he has to improve the welfare of laying hens. (Failed OPQ).

Asked by
Terry Lewis (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 November 1992
Reference
213 c338W
House
House of Commons

If he will make it his policy to fix a date for ending salmonella testing on laying flocks to bring the United Kingdom into line with the rest of the EC.

Asked by
James Pawsey (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 October 1992
Reference
212 c687W;212 c685W
House
House of Commons

If he will now pay the balance of sums due to the Sisters of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Passion; if he will increase the compensation paid to all egg producers after compulsory slaughter of their flocks under the Zoonoses Order 1989.

Asked by
Teresa Gorman (Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
19 October 1992
Reference
212 c94W
House
House of Commons

If he will use the period of the United Kingdom's Presidency of the EC to persuade his European counterparts to introduce measures for a European-wide phase out of the battery cage.

Asked by
Michael Clapham (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 July 1992
Reference
211 c810W
House
House of Commons

What recent representations he has received about poultry battery cages. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by
Harry Cohen (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 July 1992
Reference
210 c703W;210 c699W
House
House of Commons

What proposals he has to improve the welfare of laying hens. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by
Bill Etherington (Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 July 1992
Reference
210 c703W;210 c699W
House
House of Commons

What steps he is taking to reduce the impact of low flying military aircraft on livestock and poultry; what consultation he has had with farming organisations and other interested bodies.

Asked by
Lord Tyler (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
29 June 1992
Reference
210 c413W
House
House of Commons