Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 17581

Poultry: Factory Farming

Tabled: 9 July 2026
Answered: 16 July 2026

Question

Gideon Amos

Liberal DemocratTaunton and Wellington

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of intensive factory farming of chickens, and whether there are plans to further regulate this sector with regards to ani

Answer

Stephen Morgan
All farms, regardless of size and type of production system, must comply with legislation on animal health and welfare. The Government remains firmly committed to improving animal welfare and wants to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high s...

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