Question follow-through · 60870
Pigs: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of farrowing crates on the welfare of farmed pigs.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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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
18 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the use of farrowing crates on the welfare of farmed pigs.
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 2 April 2025 to the hon. Member for Birmingham Northfield, PQ UIN 41698.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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