Question follow-through · 87229
Pigs: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with counterparts in (a) Austria, (b) Sweden, (c) Switzerland, (d) Norway, (e) Germany, and (f) New Zealand on their (i) banning and (ii) phasin
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 6 Nov 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with counterparts in (a) Austria, (b) Sweden, (c) Switzerland, (d) Norway, (e) Germany, and (f) New Zealand on their (i) banning and (ii) phasin
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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6 Nov 2025
Answer published
We have regular engagement with counterparts in other countries on farmed animal welfare issues, including on cages and other close confinement systems.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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