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Agriculture: Animal Housing

Asked by Euan StainbankLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 21 October 2025UIN 82081

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the devolved administrations on harmonising policy on ending the use of (a) cages and (b) close-confinement systems in farming.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Defra regularly engages with the devolved Governments on a range of animal welfare issues.

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