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1732122

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
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	Livestock: 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 steps he is taking to end the use of cages in farming.
tabling member constituency	Aylesbury
tabling member printed	Laura Kyrke-Smith
uin	7696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards.</p><p> </p><p>The use of cages for farmed animals is an issue we will want to fully consider in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 15/10/2024 14:16:37 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	5341

1731146

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Livestock: 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 make an assessment of the potential merits of opening a consultation on banning the use of (a) cages and (b) close confinement systems in animal farming.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Luke Taylor
uin	6884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards.</p><p> </p><p>The use of cages and other close confinement systems for farmed animals is an issue we will want to fully consider in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 15/10/2024 13:35:27 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	5103

1731534

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Livestock: 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 bring forward legislative proposals to ban the use of (a) cages and (b) close confinement systems for farmed animals.
tabling member constituency	Waveney Valley
tabling member printed	Adrian Ramsay
uin	7312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>We are firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards.</p><p> </p><p>The use of cages and other close confinement systems for farmed animals is an issue we will want to fully consider in due course.</p> answering member constituency Cambridge answering member printed Daniel Zeichner question first answered 15/10/2024 13:38:05 answering member 4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner
tabling member	5320

1650851

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
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	Livestock: 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 she will publish a progress report on the roll-out of the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	192788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2023 answer text <p>We are making good progress with the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway. This year we have launched the Annual Health and Welfare Review for all eligible keepers, and uptake is growing steadily. We have also run a successful first round of the Animal Health and Welfare equipment and technology grant and will be launching our first large infrastructure grant for calf housing later this summer. Through continued and close working with our industry co-design partners we look forward to expanding the Pathway offer further to promote the production of healthier, higher welfare animals at a level beyond compliance with regulations.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 12/07/2023 10:10:19 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1648371

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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	Livestock: Animal Welfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to improve the welfare of farmed animals at the time of slaughter.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL8843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>The Government encourages the highest standards of animal welfare at slaughter, and legislation sets out the main requirements to protect the welfare of animals when being slaughtered.</p><p> </p><p>Following publication in 2021 of the Post Implementation Review of the Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015, and as part of the Government’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare, we are considering a number of ways in which the welfare of animals at the time of killing could be further improved. As a first step, last year we introduced The Protection of Animals at the Time of Killing (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 which made the non-penetrative captive bolt device available as a killing method for neonate piglets, lambs and kids (within certain parameters), providing an effective method for humane culling on-farm.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 03/07/2023 12:00:30 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1648372

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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	Livestock: Animal Welfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what new proposals they have undertaken to improve the health and welfare of farmed animals within their annual health and welfare review.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL8844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>As part of the fully funded annual health and welfare review eligible cattle, sheep and pig keepers are able to access bespoke advice from their choice of vet alongside access to diagnostic testing for key endemic diseases and conditions. This advice includes recommended actions to take and signposting to further support available. This will support farmers to continually improve the health and welfare of their livestock and the increases in productivity that comes with this.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 04/07/2023 14:36:17 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1648373

registered interest
date	27/06/2023
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	Livestock: Animal Welfare
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made to fully fund vet visits for farmers as per their annual health and welfare review.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL8845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2023 answer text <p>The annual health and welfare review opened to all eligible keepers of cattle, sheep and pigs in February 2023, giving farmers access to a fully funded visit to their farm by a vet of their choice. In the coming months we will continue to iterate the service by further simplifying the application process. Further iterations will allow more reviews to take place, by opening the offer to livestock keepers who are not Basic Payment Scheme recipients and to those who keep multiple species or multiple herds and flocks of the same species.</p> answering member printed Lord Benyon question first answered 04/07/2023 14:27:36 answering member 1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

1642535

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
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	Livestock: 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, when she plans to publish a consultation on the use of cages for farmed animals.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	188176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>We have delivered an ambitious legislative programme since the publication of the Action Plan, which will deliver significant improvements for animals in the UK and abroad. We are firmly committed to maintaining our strong track record on animal welfare and to delivering continued improvements, both in the course of this Parliament and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>Our recent announcement on delivering the measures in the Kept Animals Bill through single measure Bills will help us to deliver two further commitments in the plan, including the ban on live exports. These are our key priorities. We do not consider the time is right to consult on cage reforms, being mindful of the challenges the sectors are facing. The market is already driving the move away from using cages for laying hen production. The proportion of eggs that come from caged hens has steadily decreased from 47% of total throughput in Q4 2017, to 21% in Q1 2023.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work with the sector to maintain and enhance our high standards. The Government’s animal welfare priorities for its Animal Health and Welfare Pathway include supporting producers to transition away from confinement systems.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer grouped question UIN 188424 question first answered 12/06/2023 17:17:14 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1487075

registered interest
date	06/07/2022
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	Livestock: 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 recent steps has he taken to improve the (a) health and (b) welfare of farmed animals.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	31903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>This is a devolved matter and the information provided therefore relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>The Government shares the public’s high regard for animal health and welfare, having committed to working with producers and the food sector to raise standards across the board. We are delivering a series of ambitious reforms that will continue our collective drive to improve standards in farm animal health and welfare through, for example, delivery of the Action Plan for Animal Welfare.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our plans for future farming, this autumn will see the launch of Annual Health and Welfare Review, the first step on the Animal Health and Welfare Pathway, which will fund vet visits to undertake a health and welfare review for farms across England. In 2023 we will introduce Animal Health and Welfare Grants, followed by Endemic Disease Eradication and Control Programmes and a Payment-by-Results trial. Beyond this financial assistance, the Pathway also aims to stimulate market demand for higher welfare products by increasing transparency and strengthening the regulatory baseline.</p><p> </p><p>We also remain committed to delivering the Government’s bovine TB (bTB) eradication strategy. Developing a deployable cattle bTB vaccine with the objective of introduction by 2025 is one of the Government’s top priorities. A deployable cattle bTB vaccine is expected to be a game-changer in terms of providing a strong additional tool to help eradicate bTB. Field trials began in 2021.</p><p> </p><p>We have a strong track record in raising the bar for welfare standards — the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 now provides legal recognition that animals are sentient beings and introduced an Animal Sentience Committee as a new scrutiny mechanism requiring Ministers to explain how policy decisions have taken into account their impact on animals.</p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 13/07/2022 15:25:42 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1455941

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	Livestock: 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 he has made of the implications for his policies of the European Union's decision to ban the use of cages for farm animals in the European Union by 2027.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	150193
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/2022-02-25/129860" target="_blank">129860</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 20/04/2022 07:45:36 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight