Question follow-through · 80849

Animal Welfare: Labelling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing method of production labelling on (a) the economy and (b) farm incomes.

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: 20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing method of production labelling on (a) the economy and (b) farm incomes.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Oct 2025
Answer published
We are considering the potential role of method of production labelling reform as part of the ongoing development of the Government’s wider animal welfare strategy.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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