Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 49474
Animal Housing: Farms
Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 12 May 2025
Named DayQuestion
Josh Newbury
Labour — Cannock Chase
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of phasing out the use of (a) enriched cages and (b) farrowing crates on English farms.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerWe 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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