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Livestock: Animal Welfare

Asked by Sarah OlneyLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 20 November 2025UIN 90299

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of ending the use of (a) cages for hens and (b) farrowing crates for pigs.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 29 April 2025 to the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole, PQ UIN 47556

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