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Agriculture: Livestock

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of industrial livestock farming on the UK's capacity to reach its net zero targets.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
2 Jul 2025
Answer
7 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of industrial livestock farming on the UK's capacity to reach its net zero targets.

  2. 2 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    As part of the cross-Whitehall Carbon Budget Delivery Plan 2023 (CBDP), Defra published 25 on-farm decarbonisation measures to reduce agricultural emissions and meet our Carbon Budget 4 to 6 commitments, including measures aimed at supporting livestock em...

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