Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 87229

Pigs: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 3 November 2025
Answered: 6 November 2025

Question

Andrew George

Liberal DemocratSt Ives

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with counterparts in (a) Austria, (b) Sweden, (c) Switzerland, (d) Norway, (e) Germany, and (f) New Zealand on their (i) banning and (ii) phasin

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
We have regular engagement with counterparts in other countries on farmed animal welfare issues, including on cages and other close confinement systems.