Question follow-through · 1515
Pigs: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on the consultation on banning the use of carbon dioxide gas stunning of pigs.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jun 2026 · 39 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress she has made on the consultation on banning the use of carbon dioxide gas stunning of pigs.
19 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jun 2026
Answer published
As set out in the animal welfare strategy, the Government will consult on banning carbon dioxide gas stunning of pigs and on possible timescales for phasing out this method. Further details will be set out later this year.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Eggs: Imports
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that domestic egg producers are not adversely impacted by imported eggs produced to different (a) welfare and (b) production standards.