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Livestock: Animal Housing

Asked by Dan NorrisIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 21 May 2025UIN 51791

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timeline is for launching a consultation on the phasing out of the use of cages for farm animals.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

I refer the Hon. Member to the reply previously given to the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole, Vikki Slade, on 29 April 2025, PQ 47556.

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