Question follow-through · 103841
Poultry: Animal Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will introduce a ban on cages for laying hens in the UK.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 7 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
7 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will introduce a ban on cages for laying hens in the UK.
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2026
Answer published
The recently published animal welfare strategy sets out that ending the use of cages and crates is a key priority for this Government. As announced on 12 January 2026, a consultation on a proposal to ban the keeping of laying hens, pullets and breeder lay...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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