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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impacts of the Poultry Growth Plan on levels of water pollution.

The Poultry Sector Growth Plan is being developed by industry, supported by Government and the Farming and Food Partnership Board, to identify opportunities for the sector to improve its productivity and profitability. There is clear demand for high quality, domestically produced chicken meat and eggs. The plan will identify ways that enable our domestic poultry sector to meet this challenge sustainably. In doing so, it will strengthen national food security while balancing wider environmental and animal welfare objectives.