Animal Housing
Commons · Question 122238 · Tabled 19 Mar 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of agricultural land egg producers will require to comply with the proposed ban on colony cages.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 24 Mar 2026
In preparation for the recent consultation on laying hen cage reform, the Government carried out a general assessment of the potential impact of the proposed reforms to laying hen welfare policy on the competitiveness and viability of UK egg producers and...