Question follow-through · 2145

Pigs: Slaughterhouses

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set a timeline for the phaseout of the use of CO2 gas chambers for pigs.

withdrawnDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
18 May 2026
Target answer date
21 May 2026
Answer
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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will set a timeline for the phaseout of the use of CO2 gas chambers for pigs.

  2. 21 May 2026

    Target answer date

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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