Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82081
Agriculture: Animal Housing
Tabled: 14 October 2025
Answered: 21 October 2025
Question
Euan Stainbank
Labour — Falkirk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the devolved administrations on harmonising policy on ending the use of (a) cages and (b) close-confinement systems in farming.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleDefra regularly engages with the devolved Governments on a range of animal welfare issues.