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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Objective 7 of the study to provide scientific evidence on cage-based breeding (a) whether and (b) how the best practice recommendations have been disseminated.

The results have been presented at the 2nd Avian Expert Group at AHVLA Weybridge and the Scottish Gamebird Conference and an abstract was presented at an international conference on Welfare Assessment at Farm and Group Level.

The research team are currently considering further knowledge exchange activities.