Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 120461

Furs: Imports and Sales

Tabled: 12 March 2026
Answered: 19 March 2026

Question

Alex Ballinger

LabourHalesowen

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to limit the import and sale of fur produced from unethical practices overseas.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
As set out in the Government’s Animal Welfare Strategy, Defra will publish the results of the previous government’s call for evidence on the fur trade and publish and consider carefully the report from our independent expert Animal Welfare Committee on th...

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