Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to (a) publish its opinion on farmed fish welfare and (b) announce its decision on whether to adopt the recommendations on farmed fish welfare made by the Animal Welfare Committee.

I refer the hon. Member to part a) of the reply given to the hon. Member for Putney, Fleur Anderson, on 23 January 2024, UIN 9673.