Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 78171
Pigs: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Sarah Champion
Labour — Rotherham
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of animal welfare enforcement in commercial pig farms; and what steps she is taking to ensure that audit and inspection processe
Answer
Dame Angela EagleAll farm animals are protected by comprehensive and robust animal health and welfare legislation, and potential breaches of the law are taken very seriously. We are actively working with enforcement authorities to reform the way they collect and publish d...
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