United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 49474
Animal Housing: Farms
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30 April 2025
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12 May 2025 · Answer
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Housing
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12 May 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of phasing out the use of (a) enriched cages and (b) farrowing crates on English farms.
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30 April 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of phasing out the use of (a) enriched cages and (b) farrowing crates on English farms.
Source: Commons
12 May 2025
Answer
We remain 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 and other close confinement systems for farmed animals is an issue which we are currently c...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-30/49474
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1798802
- uk · wq-1798802 · source updated 12 May 2025