Submitted on Friday 25th March 2016
Rejected on Friday 1st April 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reject Government plan to repeal animal welfare codes
On 27 April 2016 Conservative ministers plan to repeal official guidance on animal welfare standards, starting with putting the code on chicken-farming into the hands of the poultry industry. The RSPCA has been voicing concerns for the past three years about the “downgrading” of the guidelines.
The environment secretary, is overseeing scrapping the statutory codes on farm animal welfare and move to an “industry-led” guidance.
This could impact on the legal weighting these documents have in providing magistrates with legal guidance when considering negligence during animal welfare prosecutions.
The new guidance may not contain the same level of welfare information as the existing codes and may only serve to help ensure animal keepers are compliant with minimum legal requirements.
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