Animal Housing: Pigs
(asked on 22nd July 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to banning the use of pig farrowing crates, and whether they will hold a public consultation on such a ban.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 26th July 2024
We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards.
The use of farrowing crates for pigs is an issue we will want to fully consider in due course.