United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 87578
Pigs: Animal Welfare
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3 November 2025
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7 November 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard the welfare of (a) pigs and (b) piglets on farms in (i) Surrey and (ii) Surrey Heath constituency.
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3 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard the welfare of (a) pigs and (b) piglets on farms in (i) Surrey and (ii) Surrey Heath constituency.
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7 November 2025
Answer
All pigs are protected by comprehensive and robust animal health and welfare legislation, and potential breaches of the law are taken very seriously. Any allegations of poor animal welfare are investigated by the Animal and Plant Health Agency, and where ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-03/87578
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1847662
- uk · wq-1847662 · source updated 7 November 2025