Pigs: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 414 · Tabled 17 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 22 Jul 2024
Question
Asked by Marsha De Cordova
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the use of farrowing crates; and if he will commission a consultation on such a ban.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 22 Jul 2024
We are 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 we will want to fully consider in due course.