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Poultry: Animal Housing

Asked by David SmithLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 31 March 2026UIN 123367

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing import restrictions on enriched cages for laying hens, pullets and breeder layers.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 18 March 2026 to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend, PQ UIN 120331.

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