Pigs: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 87229 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Question
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.