Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 41584
Pigs: Animal Housing
Tabled: 26 March 2025
Answered: 2 April 2025
Question
Juliet Campbell
Labour — Broxtowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress he has made on discontinuing the use of gestation cages for pigs.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerWe are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The UK banned gestation crates (also known as sow stalls) in 1999. The use of farrowing crates for pigs is an i...
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