Question follow-through · 612

Pigs: Slaughterhouses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with animal welfare charities on the use of CO2 in pig slaughter.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled: 13 May 2026
Target answer date: 18 May 2026
Answer: 19 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with animal welfare charities on the use of CO2 in pig slaughter.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2026
Answer published
As set out in the Government’s animal welfare strategy, Defra will consult on banning carbon dioxide gas stunning of pigs. In developing the animal welfare strategy, Defra has held meetings with representatives of the farming sector and with animal welfar...

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