Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Chris Mullin (Labour), on Thursday, 19 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 165 members in total.

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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OF NON-CAGE EGGS

That this House welcomes the decision by many supermarkets, local authorities and manufacturers not to sell or use eggs from caged hens; notes with concern that the criteria for the pilot stage of the Government's Healthier Food Mark do not exclude the use of conventional battery eggs; further notes that the production of conventional battery eggs is banned in the EU from 1 January 2012 and that the public sector continues to purchase eggs from production systems with low standards of animal welfare; and calls on the Government to prohibit the public procurement of eggs from caged hens and to buy instead eggs that meet higher animal welfare standards, including barn, free range and organic eggs.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

140 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Gwyn Prosser

David Amess

Mike Hancock

Bob Russell

Subjects

Animal welfare Food

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk