Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 49475

Agricultural Products: UK Trade with EU

Tabled: 30 April 2025

Answered: 8 May 2025

Named Day

Question

Josh Newbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of EU Commission proposals to phase out (a) enriched cages and (b) farrowing crates on UK-EU trade of agricultural goods.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to 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 which we are currently c...

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