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Animal Welfare


'That this Synod:
  1. urge improvement in the conditions in which livestock are transported on the mainland of Europe;
  2. support the efforts of the UK Government to tighten EU legislation in this respect;
  3. express its support for British farmers and others adversely affected by current confusion over BSE;
  4. in the light of the current backlog in slaughter arrangements, call on the Government to take urgent measures to end the present overstocking on farms and attendant suffering to farm animals and the farming community;
  5. call on the Government to prohibit the export of veal calves to countries that permit these animals to be reared in conditions which would be illegal in the UK.