United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 87231
Pigs: Animal Welfare
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3 November 2025
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6 November 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a ban on farrowing crates on pig production capacity.
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3 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of a ban on farrowing crates on pig production capacity.
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6 November 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 farrowing crates for pigs is an issue which we are currently considering very carefully, includin...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-03/87231
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1847880
- uk · wq-1847880 · source updated 6 November 2025