Livestock: Animal Housing
Commons · Question 13031 · Tabled 6 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 15 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Ian Byrne
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on animal welfare of the use of cages in farming.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 15 Nov 2024
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 fully consi...