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

LabourFalkirk

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 Eagle
Defra regularly engages with the devolved Governments on a range of animal welfare issues.