Question follow-through · 18915

Pigs: Animal Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial and advisory support will be available to assist pig producers to transition directly to free farrowing systems.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
16 Jul 2026
Answer
20 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what financial and advisory support will be available to assist pig producers to transition directly to free farrowing systems.

  2. 16 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 14 July 2026 to the hon. Member for North West Norfolk, PQ UIN 17025.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Dogs: Animal Housing

15 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on determining the appropriate frequency of inspections for licensed dog home boarding businesses.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Dogs: Animal Housing

15 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of guidance to local authorities on publishing the costs of mid term inspections for licensed dog home boarding businesses.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Data Centres: Inland Waterways

16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of data centres on (a) local water availability, (b) chalk streams and (c) other sensitive waterways.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Data Centres: Water

16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what requirements her Department places on companies operating data centres to assess and mitigate the impact of their water use on local water resources and environmentally sensitive

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Animal Housing: Dogs

16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her department provides to local authorities on making appropriate allowance for licensed dog home boarding businesses that are in the process of changing premises when s

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sewers: Private Sector

15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her department has to implement Section 42 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010.