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Civil Service: Catering

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, If he will make it his policy to ban meat products from civil service caterers which have been produced using non-stunned slaughter.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
3 Jun 2026
Answer
8 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 1 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, If he will make it his policy to ban meat products from civil service caterers which have been produced using non-stunned slaughter.

  2. 3 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    No. The government encourages the highest standards of animal welfare at slaughter, and we respect the rights of Jews and Muslims to eat meat prepared in accordance with their religious beliefs.The National Procurement Policy Statement underscores the gov...

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