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Lobsters: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the number of live lobsters being (a) posted and (b) couriered in 2024.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
11 Jun 2025
Answer
16 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an estimate of the number of live lobsters being (a) posted and (b) couriered in 2024.

  2. 11 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Defra does not hold data for live lobsters being posted and couriered in 2024.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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