Battery Hens
EDM number 159 in 1990-91, proposed by Ron Davies on 04/12/1990.
That this House notes with concern the high level of injury caused to laying hens by the extreme restriction imposed upon them by the battery cage method of production; further notes that this method of production has been censured by the Farm Animal Welfare Council and the Select Committee on Agriculture; and calls upon the Government to issue a Statement of Intent to ban the battery hen cage over a period of no more than 10 years.
This motion has been signed by a total of 73 MPs.
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