Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 13031
Livestock: Animal Housing
Tabled: 6 November 2024
Answered: 15 November 2024
Question
Ian Byrne
Labour — Liverpool West Derby
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on animal welfare of the use of cages in farming.
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 fully consi...
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