Reject Government plan to repeal animal welfare codes

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

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.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

The repeal of the code on farming chickens for meat + farming should be debated

Timeline

25 Mar 2016	Petition opened for signatures
1 Apr 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 1 Apr 2016

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