Question follow-through · 7301
Pigs: Livestock Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect independent pig producers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 11 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to protect independent pig producers.
9 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government brought in the Fair Dealing (Pigs) Regulations 2025 for the pig sector, to give pig producers stronger protections against unfair contract practices and greater certainty. Defra works closely with trade bodies from across the pig supply cha...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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