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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of Denmark’s recent announcement of a ban on the use of cages for laying hens.

The Government takes a keen interest in animal welfare developments in all other countries. We are committed to exploring the phasing out of cages for laying hens, supporting the industry to do so in a way which underpins UK food production and does not have unintended animal welfare or business impacts.