Written question asked by Ian Cawsey (Labour) on Monday, 7 September 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 September 2009. It was answered by Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour) on Monday, 14 September 2009 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Animal Welfare Act 2006

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent progress has been made on the implementation of codes of practice for animal welfare under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

Answer: During the last 12 months, we completed public consultation exercise on four draft codes—for the keeping of cats, dogs, equines and regulations and a code for meat chicken welfare. We are also consulting on the welfare of non-human primates in private ownership. We have been considering the many responses we had to the consultation on each draft code and have held discussions with key stakeholders. Once the draft codes have been finalised we will then ask Parliament to approve them.

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