– Scottish Parliament written question – answered at on 27 January 2003.
Stewart Stevenson
Scottish National Party
Question S1W-33245
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25393 by Ross Finnie on 17 May 2002, what its position is on banning enriched battery cages and whether it has any plans to consult on any such ban in Scotland as the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has in England.
Ross Finnie
Liberal Democrat
The use of enriched battery cages is permitted under the Welfare of Farmed Animal (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2002, which came into force on 4 July 2002. The regulations implement the requirements of Directive 99/74/EC on the Welfare of Laying Hens in full.
The Executive has no plans to consult on any proposal to ban the use of such cages in advance of the Commission’s review of the directive in 2005.
Yes2 people think so
No1 person thinks not
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