Question follow-through · 3559
Meat: Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 57744 on Meat: Smuggling, how much illegally imported meat has been seized between the period of 1 January 2026 and 20 May 2026.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 57744 on Meat: Smuggling, how much illegally imported meat has been seized between the period of 1 January 2026 and 20 May 2026.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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9 Jun 2026
Answer published
While it was possible to provide seizure volumes made under Defra's African Swine Fever Programme, this has now ended and assured data is not available. Defra is currently reviewing how it collects and uses the seizure data recorded by its operational par...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Pigs: Livestock Industry
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of (a) current market conditions and (b) input costs on the UK pig sector.
Sheep: Livestock Industry
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of (a) current market conditions and (b) input costs on the UK sheep sector.
Cattle: Livestock Industry
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of (a) current market conditions and (b) input costs on the UK beef sector.
Dairy Farming
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of a) market conditions and b) input costs for the dairy sector.
Poultry
3 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of a) market conditions and b) input costs for the poultry sector.
Fisheries
4 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) prevailing market conditions and (b) trends in the level of input costs for the fishing industry.
Arable Farming
4 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) prevailing market conditions and (b) trends in the level of input costs for the arable farming sector.
Horticulture
4 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) prevailing market conditions and (b) trends in the level of input costs for the horticultural sector.
Plastics: Pollution Control
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her department is taking to help reduce plastic pollution.
Litter: Nitrous Oxide
23 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department are taking to help tackle the discarding in the environment of nitrous oxide canisters.
Slaughterhouses: Finance
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding was provided to abattoirs through the Smaller Abattoir Fund between its inception and July 4th 2024 inclusive.
Slaughterhouses: Finance
7 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much funding has been provided to abattoirs through the Smaller Abattoir Fund since July 5th 2024.