Written questions

Pigs: Animal Housing

Commons · Question 76016 · Tabled 9 Sep 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 8 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has considered introducing method of production labelling for pork products to help consumers that are seeking to avoid products from farrowing crates.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 8 Oct 2025

We will consider the potential role of method of production labelling reform as part of the ongoing development of the government’s wider animal welfare strategy. On 12 June 2025, we published the summary of responses and the Government response to the fa...