Question follow-through · 18716
Furs: Imports and Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of banning the import and sale of fur products on (a) businesses and (b) consumers in Leicester.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 19 Dec 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of banning the import and sale of fur products on (a) businesses and (b) consumers in Leicester.
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Dec 2024
Answer published
Defra is continuing to build the evidence base on the fur sector in Great Britain. This includes commissioning our expert Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) to produce a report on what constitutes responsible sourcing of fur. The AWC report will add to our un...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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