Question follow-through · 81355
Furs: Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress her Department has made on building the evidence base on the fur sector.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 13 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent progress her Department has made on building the evidence base on the fur sector.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Oct 2025
Answer published
Defra is continuing to build the evidence base on the fur sector. This includes commissioning our expert Animal Welfare Committee (AWC) to produce a report on what constitutes responsible sourcing of fur. This is due to be completed in 2025 and will be pu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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