Question follow-through · 50228
Poultry: Animal Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will launch a consultation on the (a) production, (b) import and (c) sales of eggs from caged hens.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 6 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 May 2025
- Answer
- 16 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Water Companies · 2 Jun 2025
- Plants: Disease Control · 7 Jul 2025
- Chemicals: Regulation · 21 Oct 2025
- Poultry: Animal Welfare · 21 Oct 2025
- Livestock: Animal Housing · 21 Oct 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
6 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will launch a consultation on the (a) production, (b) import and (c) sales of eggs from caged hens.
8 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 May 2025
Answer published
We remain 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 laying hens is an issue which we are currently considering very carefully.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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