Question follow-through · 117461
Poultry: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the production costs for UK egg producers that would be associated with a ban on colony eggs.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the production costs for UK egg producers that would be associated with a ban on colony eggs.
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Government has carried out an assessment and, as part of the consultation on laying hen cage reform, is seeking views on that assessment. The consultation also seeks additional evidence on how the proposals will affect egg production costs and current...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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