Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 89057
Poultry: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with officials in (a) the Netherlands and (b) Slovenia on their plans to ban enriched cages for layer hens.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleWe have regular engagement with counterparts in other countries on farmed animal welfare issues, including on cages and other close confinement systems.