Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82723

Poultry: Animal Housing

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 23 October 2025

Question

Dr Luke Evans

ConservativeHinckley and Bosworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of Animal Health and Welfare Pathway grants on the transition to cage free systems for laying hens.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and will continue to work closely with the farming sector to d...

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