Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 121891
Poultry: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 24 March 2026
Question
Stuart Anderson
Conservative — South Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the competitiveness of British egg producers in the context of the proposed ban on keeping laying hens, pullets and breeder layers in cages.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleIn preparation for the recent consultation on laying hen cage reform, the Government carried out an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed reforms to laying hen welfare policy on UK egg producers and, as part of the consultation, sought views ...
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