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Pigs: Animal Welfare

Asked by Marsha De CordovaLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 22 July 2024UIN 414

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of banning the use of farrowing crates; and if he will commission a consultation on such a ban.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of farrowing crates for pigs is an issue we will want to fully consider in due course.

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