Slaughterhouses: CCTV
(asked on 3rd February 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what consideration she has given to requiring the mandatory installation of CCTV cameras in animal slaughterhouses.
This question was answered on 9th February 2015
On 3rd January 2014, I received an independent expert report on CCTV in slaughterhouses produced by the Farm Animal Welfare Committee. I am considering that report and its recommendations.
A copy of the report is available at
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fawc-opinion-on-cctv-in-slaughterhouses, I have also put a copy in the Library of both Houses.