Animal Welfare Strategy: Rural Communities Debate
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Lord Inglewood
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Animal Welfare Strategy: Rural Communities
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Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab)
On the issues the noble Earl raised, I point him to two parts of the animal welfare strategy. First, we reference labelling. It is something that we will be looking at, not just on the issue he talked about but more broadly. There is a section on labelling. Secondly, we have a section on international impacts around animal welfare, which include trade. In the strategy, we recognise that animal welfare is a global issue, and we will continue to work internationally to champion high standards of animal welfare. That includes looking at how we manage our trade, because we have said quite publicly that we will not allow poor animal welfare standards to undermine our own standards here that our farmers meet.
Lord Inglewood (CB)
Can the Minister confirm that the Government have neither plans nor intentions to ban hound trailing?