Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What her planned timeline is for moving away from the use of farrowing crates and cages in farming.”
Tabled: 5 November 2025Answered: 13 November 2025
Asked by
Adrian Ramsay
Green Party — Waveney Valley
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Food Security and Rural Affairs (Dame Angela Eagle)
We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare, and will work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of cages and other close confinement systems for farmed animals is an issue we are currently considering and, as was announced by the Prime Minister, we plan to publish the animal welfare strategy by the end of this year.