Pigs and Poultry: Animal Housing
(asked on 12th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to begin phasing out the use of cages for hens and pigs; and if so, when.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 18th February 2025
We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards.
The use of cages and other closed confinement systems for farmed animals is an issue which we are currently considering very carefully.