Code Of Practice For The Welfare Of Gamebirds

EDM number 1241 in 2009-10, proposed by Lembit Opik on 07/04/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Animal welfare and Sports.

That this House notes the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Gamebirds Reared for Sporting Purposes as laid before the House on 15 March 2010; believes that the guidelines in the Code are at variance with the three options which formed part of the consultation on the draft Code prior to its submission to the House; further believes that this incomprehensible and unilateral change to the Code invalidates the consultation process and significantly undermines the quality of the Code particularly in regard to guidelines on cages; and calls on the Government to withdraw the Code and to reformulate it in line with the feedback from experts and practitioners in the rearing of gamebirds.

This motion has been signed by a total of 1 MPs.