Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 24533

Poultry: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 16 January 2025

Answered: 24 January 2025

Question

Shivani Raja

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) phasing out and (b) banning cages for laying hens; and what steps he plans to take to ensure farmers are provided with supp

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of cages for laying hens is an issue we are currently considering very carefully. The Laying Hen Housin...

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