Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What steps her Department is taking to help support farmers to adopt higher animal welfare standards.”
Tabled: 11 December 2025Answered: 18 December 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 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Emma Reynolds)
Our animal health and welfare pathway scheme provides funding to farmers to improve the health and welfare of their livestock. It also supports veterinary visits to discuss health and welfare, and it provides capital grants for equipment and infrastructure to improve animal welfare. I am pleased that 7,000 farmers have already signed up to receive funding.