Speeches

This pandemic has had a huge impact on businesses up and down the country We are continuing to monitor the pig sector recognising the challe

The Horse Welfare Board’s five-year Horse Welfare Strategy (HWS) A life well-lived was published on 20 February 2020.

We are committed to improving our already high standards of animal welfare and are examining the evidence around the use of cages in farming

Eligibility for delinked payments will be based on a reference period.

As an independent coastal state the UK is able to make its own regulatory changes to bass management measures.

The ban on gatherings for birds remains in place. No date for lifting the ban has yet been set.

Fur farming has been banned in England and Wales since 2000 and since 2002 in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

My Department takes the issue of livestock worrying very seriously, recognising the distress this can cause farmers and animals, as well as

Significant funding is being made available by government to improve the infrastructure needed for the fishing industry, improve sustainabil

We have some of the highest welfare standards in the world, and that is both a source of pride and a clear reflection of UK attitudes toward