The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare (APGAW) has launched an inquiry on whether the reduction in numbers of small and medium sized abattoirs in the UK has negatively impacted animal welfare. The call for evidence can be found here and you must get your submission in by 12th March.
Last year the Countryside Alliance called for the Government to support more small abattoirs, rather than introduce a ban on animal exports in response to a Defra consultation. In written evidence, the Alliance supported the Government's objective of reducing travel time from point of production to slaughter but argued that this was best achieved by establishing more small and medium size abattoirs in the UK rather than introducing a ban on live exports for slaughter. Read our submission here.