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  Draft Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 - Permitting Beak Trimming of Laying Hens
  
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  @ MP voted to continue to allow beak trimming of laying hens after 31 December 2010.
  @ MP voted no not to allow beak trimming of laying hens after 31 December 2010.
  
  The majority of MPs voted to continue to allow beak trimming of laying hens after 31 December 2010.
  
  The motion approved by the majority of MPs was: 
  
  : That the [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111503553/contents draft Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010], which were laid before this House on 8 November be approved.
  
  
  The explanatory note to the order states:
  
  :Beak trimming is carried out to prevent feather pecking and cannibalism, which is a common but unpredictable behaviour in commercial flocks of laying hens. The behaviour results in high mortality and morbidity in flocks affected and is a significant welfare problem in its own right
  
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