Thank you for contacting me about the use of cages and crates on farms.
I know that Ministers are currently reviewing policies in this area and these will be announced in due course.
The new Government has committed to introduce the most ambitious programme for animal welfare in a generation, and as a member of the EFRA committee in the last parliament, it is an issue which I take most seriously.
As part of that work on the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, I worked with colleagues to provide scrutiny and recommendations to government to best improve the wellbeing of animals. We made specific recommendations in relation to including animal welfare into our trade treaties negotiation and, in another inquiry made several recommendations to stop abuse of animals being trafficked in the pet trade. You can read this report here: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/7283/pet-welfare-and-abuse/publications/
Thank you once again for contacting me about this important issue.
Kind regards,
Barry Gardiner
MP for Brent West