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Animal Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) 2012 ban on conventional cages on the finances of producers with enriched colony cage systems and (b) five year transi

answeredJim AllisterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
11 Mar 2026
Answer
11 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 4 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) 2012 ban on conventional cages on the finances of producers with enriched colony cage systems and (b) five year transi

  2. 11 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Government has carried out an assessment of the proposal to ban the keeping of laying hens, pullets in enriched colony cages and, as part of the consultation on laying hen cage reform, is seeking views on that assessment. The consultation also seeks a...

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1 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legislation changes arising from the EU legislation covered by the Explanatory Memorandum for the European Union Legislation/Documents within the Scope of the UK/EU Withdrawal Agr

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