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Pigs: Animal Welfare

Commons · Question 87229 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 6 Nov 2025

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Asked by Andrew George

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with counterparts in (a) Austria, (b) Sweden, (c) Switzerland, (d) Norway, (e) Germany, and (f) New Zealand on their (i) banning and (ii) phasin

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 6 Nov 2025

We have regular engagement with counterparts in other countries on farmed animal welfare issues, including on cages and other close confinement systems.