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Livestock: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to end the use of cages in farming.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
14 Oct 2024
Answer
15 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to end the use of cages in farming.

  2. 14 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of cages for farmed animals is an issue we will want to fully consider in due course.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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