Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 83966

Pigs: Animal Housing

Tabled: 21 October 2025

Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Layla Moran

Liberal Democrat — Oxford West and Abingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of phasing out of the use of farrowing crates for pigs.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 2 April 2025 to the hon. Member for Birmingham Northfield, PQ UIN 41698.