Question follow-through · 83966
Pigs: Animal Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of phasing out of the use of farrowing crates for pigs.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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- Thames Water: Debts · 20 Feb 2026
- Flood Control · 27 Feb 2026
- Flood Control: Public Consultation · 6 Mar 2026
- Water Companies: Nationalisation · 14 May 2026
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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
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of phasing out of the use of farrowing crates for pigs.
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 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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Thames Water: Debts
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a letter of comfort or other formal assurance has been given to allow Thames Water to issue debt to finance South East Strategic Reservoir Option.
Flood Control
27 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the disaggregation of local authority responsibilities in the context of local government reorganisation on (a) flood
Flood Control: Public Consultation
6 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she will publish a response to the consultation on reforming the approach to floods funding.
Water Companies: Nationalisation
14 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether existing legislation prevents the Government from nationalising a water company.