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1455940

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Poultry: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made representations to the devolved Administrations in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland on the use of banning cages for laying hens.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	150192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 23 March 2022 to the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown, PQ UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-25/129859" target="_blank">129859</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/04/2022 07:43:07 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1455939

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Poultry: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's Action Plan for Animal Welfare, published on 12 May 2021, when he plans to examine the use of cages for laying hens.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	150191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 23 March 2022 to the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown, PQ UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-25/129858" target="_blank">129858</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 150190 question first answered 20/04/2022 07:52:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1455938

	registered interest
	date	30/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Poultry: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will ban the use of cages for laying hens.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	150190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 23 March 2022 to the hon. Member for Brighton, Kemptown, PQ UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-02-25/129858" target="_blank">129858</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 150191 question first answered 20/04/2022 07:52:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1435639

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Poultry: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding he will allocate through the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway to support poultry farmers to transition to cage–free systems.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	129861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is delivering a series of ambitious reforms, as outlined in the Action Plan for Animal Welfare. We are actively exploring options to phase out the use of cages in farming, including the use of cages for laying hens. In coming to an assessment of the potential merits of banning cages for laying hens we will wish to consult all interested organisations.</p><p>Animal welfare is a devolved issue and we continue to work closely with our devolved counterparts when considering future policy.</p><p>The EU Commission announced its intention to bring forward legislative proposals by 2023 to prohibit the use of cages for all farmed livestock, including colony cages for laying hens. The Commission’s stated aim is to introduce legislation in 2027, but under pressure from some Member States we anticipate the phase in period for banning enriched cages may be several years. The EU’s programme of work will address many issues which we are already looking at, for example, cages for farmed animals and long journeys.</p><p>The UK Government has made a clear manifesto commitment that in all of our trade negotiations we will not compromise on our high environmental protection, animal welfare and food standards. We will need to consider trade aspects of any ban to avoid the risk of exporting production of eggs for catering/processing to third countries which continue to allow enriched cages.</p><p>We are establishing an Animal Health and Welfare Pathway as an all-encompassing approach to the health and welfare of farmed animals in England. Establishing a new partnership between Government and farmers, the Pathway maps out how farmers and Government will work together to continually improve the health and welfare of farmed animals now and in the future. Farmers will be able to choose whether to take part in Pathway and may take flexible routes through the schemes available depending on what is most relevant to them and their system. As set out in the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fanimal-health-and-welfare-pathway%2Fanimal-health-and-welfare-pathway&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cc5fc01200f4642450f5c08da0cb3ff37%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637836264458317072%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=frTPF3csCs4L1cS1BV%2F1qw8rIdZ8qFTvIOmd6U6e7pA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">22 <sup>nd</sup> February publication </a>on the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway, one of the Pathway's priorities will be to support a transition away from enriched cages for laying hens. At this stage, there has been no decision on allocation of funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 129858 129859 129860 question first answered 23/03/2022 15:47:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1435637

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Poultry: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations he has made to the (a) Welsh Government, (b) Scottish Government and (c) Northern Ireland Executive on banning the use of cages for laying hens.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	129859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is delivering a series of ambitious reforms, as outlined in the Action Plan for Animal Welfare. We are actively exploring options to phase out the use of cages in farming, including the use of cages for laying hens. In coming to an assessment of the potential merits of banning cages for laying hens we will wish to consult all interested organisations.</p><p>Animal welfare is a devolved issue and we continue to work closely with our devolved counterparts when considering future policy.</p><p>The EU Commission announced its intention to bring forward legislative proposals by 2023 to prohibit the use of cages for all farmed livestock, including colony cages for laying hens. The Commission’s stated aim is to introduce legislation in 2027, but under pressure from some Member States we anticipate the phase in period for banning enriched cages may be several years. The EU’s programme of work will address many issues which we are already looking at, for example, cages for farmed animals and long journeys.</p><p>The UK Government has made a clear manifesto commitment that in all of our trade negotiations we will not compromise on our high environmental protection, animal welfare and food standards. We will need to consider trade aspects of any ban to avoid the risk of exporting production of eggs for catering/processing to third countries which continue to allow enriched cages.</p><p>We are establishing an Animal Health and Welfare Pathway as an all-encompassing approach to the health and welfare of farmed animals in England. Establishing a new partnership between Government and farmers, the Pathway maps out how farmers and Government will work together to continually improve the health and welfare of farmed animals now and in the future. Farmers will be able to choose whether to take part in Pathway and may take flexible routes through the schemes available depending on what is most relevant to them and their system. As set out in the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fanimal-health-and-welfare-pathway%2Fanimal-health-and-welfare-pathway&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cc5fc01200f4642450f5c08da0cb3ff37%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637836264458317072%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=frTPF3csCs4L1cS1BV%2F1qw8rIdZ8qFTvIOmd6U6e7pA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">22 <sup>nd</sup> February publication </a>on the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway, one of the Pathway's priorities will be to support a transition away from enriched cages for laying hens. At this stage, there has been no decision on allocation of funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 129858 129860 129861 question first answered 23/03/2022 15:47:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1435636

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Poultry: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Rural and Food Affairs, with reference to his Department's Action Plan for Animal Welfare published on 12 May 2021, what his timescale is for examining the use of cages for laying hens.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	129858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is delivering a series of ambitious reforms, as outlined in the Action Plan for Animal Welfare. We are actively exploring options to phase out the use of cages in farming, including the use of cages for laying hens. In coming to an assessment of the potential merits of banning cages for laying hens we will wish to consult all interested organisations.</p><p>Animal welfare is a devolved issue and we continue to work closely with our devolved counterparts when considering future policy.</p><p>The EU Commission announced its intention to bring forward legislative proposals by 2023 to prohibit the use of cages for all farmed livestock, including colony cages for laying hens. The Commission’s stated aim is to introduce legislation in 2027, but under pressure from some Member States we anticipate the phase in period for banning enriched cages may be several years. The EU’s programme of work will address many issues which we are already looking at, for example, cages for farmed animals and long journeys.</p><p>The UK Government has made a clear manifesto commitment that in all of our trade negotiations we will not compromise on our high environmental protection, animal welfare and food standards. We will need to consider trade aspects of any ban to avoid the risk of exporting production of eggs for catering/processing to third countries which continue to allow enriched cages.</p><p>We are establishing an Animal Health and Welfare Pathway as an all-encompassing approach to the health and welfare of farmed animals in England. Establishing a new partnership between Government and farmers, the Pathway maps out how farmers and Government will work together to continually improve the health and welfare of farmed animals now and in the future. Farmers will be able to choose whether to take part in Pathway and may take flexible routes through the schemes available depending on what is most relevant to them and their system. As set out in the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fanimal-health-and-welfare-pathway%2Fanimal-health-and-welfare-pathway&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7Cc5fc01200f4642450f5c08da0cb3ff37%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637836264458317072%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=frTPF3csCs4L1cS1BV%2F1qw8rIdZ8qFTvIOmd6U6e7pA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">22 <sup>nd</sup> February publication </a>on the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway, one of the Pathway's priorities will be to support a transition away from enriched cages for laying hens. At this stage, there has been no decision on allocation of funding.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 129859 129860 129861 question first answered 23/03/2022 15:47:40 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1434577

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Poultry: Animal Welfare
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of banning the caging of commercially reared egg-laying hens.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	128313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government shares the public's high regard for animal welfare. We are delivering a series of ambitious reforms, as outlined in the Action Plan for Animal Welfare. We are actively exploring options for improving the welfare of farm animals and are considering the case for introducing further reforms, in areas such as the use of cages for laying hens.</p><p>In coming to an assessment of the potential merits of banning cages for laying hens we will wish to consult all interested organisations.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/03/2022 17:18:45 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire