§ Mr. MacleanTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what assessment he has made of the cost to pig farmers in(a) the United Kingdom and (b) Cumbria of the banning of sow stalls and tethers. [102396]
§ Ms QuinThe stall and tether ban was introduced in 1991, with an eight-year phase-out period for existing stall and tether systems. No recent assessments have therefore been made of the costs to pig farmers in either the UK in general or Cumbria in particular.