Consultation on the proposal for a Council regulation on the protection of animals at the time of killing

Area 8b Millbank
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
Telephone: 020 7238 5755
Email: Geoff.r.webdale@defra.gsi.gov.uk

27 January 2009

Consultation on a Proposal for a Council Regulation on the Protection of Animals at the Time of Killing
  1. I am writing to invite views on the Commission proposal to replace Directive 93/119 with a Regulation on the protection of animals at the time of killing.
  2. The following documents may be found on Defra’s website: www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/slaughter/
  • The consultation letter
  • Consultation on the welfare of animals at slaughter / killing
  • The proposed Regulation on the protection of animals at the time of killing
  • The Commission impact assessment
  • The initial draft UK Impact assessment
  • A list of consultees
  1. We welcome your views and comments on the proposals. If you wish to obtain a copy of this consultation please contact:

Animal Welfare Core Team
Slaughter Regulation Consultation
Defra
Area 8b Millbank
Nobel House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
Tel:  0207 238 5755

Responses
  1. Please send responses to either to the address above or email comments to: animalwelfareconsultations@defra.gsi.gov.uk
  2. Responses should be received by 20 April 2009.
Consultation Criteria
  1. This consultation is in line with the Code of practice on Consultations. This can be found at  www.berr.gov.uk/bre/
  2. When this consultation ends, we intend to put a copy of the responses in the Defra library at Ergon House, London. This is so that the public can see them.  Also, members of the public may ask for a copy of responses under freedom of information legislation.
  3. If you do not want your response - including your name, contact details and any other personal information – to be publicly available, please say so clearly in writing when you send your response to the consultation.  Please note, if your computer automatically includes a confidentiality disclaimer, that won’t count as a confidentiality request.
  4. Please explain why you need to keep details confidential.  We will take your reasons into account if someone asks for this information under freedom of information legislation. But, because of the law, we cannot promise that we will always be able to keep those details confidential. 
  5. We will summarise all responses and place this summary on our website at www.defra.gov.uk/resources/consultation/index.htm .  This summary will include a list of names of organisations that responded but not people’s personal names, addresses or other contact details. 
  6. To see consultation responses and summaries, please contact the library at:
    Defra
    Information Resource Centre
    Lower Ground Floor
    Ergon House
    17 Smith Square
    London
    SW1P 3JR

Telephone: 020-7238-6575
Email:  defra.library@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Please give the library 24 hours’ notice.  There is a charge for photocopying and postage.

  1. If you have any comments or complaints about the consultation process, please address them to Marjorie Addo, Defra’s Consultation Co-ordinator, Area 7C Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, or email consultation.coordinator@defra.gsi.gov.uk.
  2. Thank you for your help in this matter. If you have any queries please contact us as above.

Yours Faithfully,

Geoff Webdale
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Page published: 2 February 2009