Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 122238

Animal Housing

Tabled: 19 March 2026

Answered: 24 March 2026

Question

Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of agricultural land egg producers will require to comply with the proposed ban on colony cages.

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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