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Written Question
Pigs: Animal Housing
Thursday 16th July 2026

Asked by: Zubir Ahmed (Labour - Glasgow South West)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to launch the consultation on phasing out farrowing crates for pigs; and what support she plans to make available to farmers to transition away from farrowing systems.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Bolton South and Walkden on 10 July 2026, PQ UIN 15938 and the answer given on 14 July 2026 to the hon. Member for North West Norfolk, PQ UIN 17025.


Written Question
Poultry: Animal Welfare
Thursday 16th July 2026

Asked by: Zubir Ahmed (Labour - Glasgow South West)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Court of Appeal ruling in December 2024 on the welfare of fast-growing chickens.

Answered by Stephen Morgan - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 14 July 2026 to the hon. Member for North Devon, PQ UIN 17121.