Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 15873
Animal Welfare: Temperature
Tabled: 3 July 2026
Answered: 9 July 2026
Question
Adrian Ramsay
Green Party — Waveney Valley
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will undertake analysis of modifications required to farmed animal housing and transport in order to safeguard animal welfare in extreme heat.
Answer
Stephen MorganAs set out in the Animal Welfare Strategy, Defra has commissioned the Animal Welfare Committee to assess the likely impacts of climate change on farmed animals and what measures could be put in place by the farming sector to protect animals against these ...
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