Question follow-through · 76014
Pigs: Animal Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she is having with (a) farming bodies and (b) animal welfare organisations on the potential for phasing out the use of farrowing crates by indoor pig farms.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 9 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Oct 2025 · 29 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
9 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she is having with (a) farming bodies and (b) animal welfare organisations on the potential for phasing out the use of farrowing crates by indoor pig farms.
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Oct 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 5 September 2025 to the hon. Member for Ashfield, PQ 73693.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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