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Pigs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September2025 to Question 75189 on Pigs: Animal Welfare, how many complaints of illegal slaughter on pig farms the Animal and Planet Health Agency has rece

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
5 Nov 2025 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 September2025 to Question 75189 on Pigs: Animal Welfare, how many complaints of illegal slaughter on pig farms the Animal and Planet Health Agency has rece

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) take all complaints of illegal slaughter, and serious breaches of animal welfare, seriously. On receipt of a complaint, APHA will triage the details provided to determine the action required. The number of compla...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Water Supply: Waste

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Deposit Return Schemes: Finance

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Deposit Return Schemes: Finance

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Deposit Return Schemes

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