Question follow-through · 117913
Waitrose: Mackerel
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of Waitrose's withdrawal of mackerel from sale on the UK fishing industry.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of Waitrose's withdrawal of mackerel from sale on the UK fishing industry.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2026
Answer published
Defra does not plan to make an assessment on the impact of Waitrose’s withdrawal of mackerel from sale as this is an individual business decision. The UK mackerel supply goes to a diverse set of markets both in the UK and abroad and we do not expect this ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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