Livestock: Animal Housing
Commons · Question 36863 · Tabled 10 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Josh Babarinde
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will have discussions with representatives from the agricultural industry on (a) animal welfare and (b) ending the use of cages for farm animals; and if he will take steps to pub
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 17 Mar 2025
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 currently c...