Question follow-through · 50753
Slaughterhouses: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) support small and medium abattoirs and (b) prevent closures.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 7 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 21 May 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to (a) support small and medium abattoirs and (b) prevent closures.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2025
Answer published
Defra recognises the vital role small and medium sized abattoirs play in supporting local livestock producers and maintaining a resilient, competitive food supply chain. Defra works closely with the industry including through the Small Abattoirs Working G...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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