Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 122236

Animal Housing

Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a ban on colony cages on the agricultural land market.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
In preparation for the recent consultation on laying hen cage reform, the Government carried out a general assessment of the potential impact of the proposed reforms to laying hen welfare policy on the competitiveness and viability of UK egg producers and...

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