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Livestock: Animal Welfare

Asked by Luke TaylorLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 15 October 2024UIN 6884

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of opening a consultation on banning the use of (a) cages and (b) close confinement systems in animal farming.

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 cages and other close confinement systems for farmed animals is an issue we will want to fully consider in due course.

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