Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing submissions to his Department's call for evidence on reforms to food labelling for animal welfare.
On 13 September the Government published a call for evidence on the impacts of potential animal welfare labelling. The call for evidence closes on 6 December. Following the conclusion of the call for evidence and a period to analyse responses received, the Government will publish a summary of responses. This will include information about the number of responses received and explain the key themes arising from those responses, without infringing upon expected confidentiality or identifying individuals. This approach is in line with the Government Consultation Principles.