Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 21 October 2025.
Euan Stainbank
Labour, Falkirk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the devolved administrations on harmonising policy on ending the use of (a) cages and (b) close‑confinement systems in farming.
Angela Eagle
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Defra regularly engages with the devolved Governments on a range of animal welfare issues.
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