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Livestock: Animal Welfare

Asked by Jenny Riddell-CarpenterLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 15 September 2025UIN 75779

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to (a) improve the welfare of farmed animals and (b) restrict the use of cages.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. The Prime Minister announced that we will be publishing an animal welfare strategy later this year.

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