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Pigs: Animal Welfare

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 16 September 2024UIN 4520

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timescale is for the delivery of animal health and welfare pathway grants to the pig farming sector.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The Government will work closely with the pig farming sector to deliver high standards of animal health and welfare. The Government is currently listening to farmers, as well as assessing data and information about what’s working and what isn’t before setting out detailed plans in relation to further grants.

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