United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 7156
Pigs: Animal Welfare
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14 December 2023
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21 December 2023 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the exemption in the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 that allows for the use of pig farrowing cra
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14 December 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the exemption in the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007 that allows for the use of pig farrowing cra
Source: Commons
21 December 2023
Answer
Legislation sets minimum legal requirements and already allows for development and use of alternative farrowing systems. The UK has a significant outdoor pig sector with 40% of the national sow breeding herd farrowing freely on outdoor units with no optio...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-14/7156
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1678263
- uk · wq-1678263 · source updated 21 December 2023