Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 68623

Meat: Small Businesses

Tabled: 16 July 2025
Answered: 23 July 2025

Question

Ben Maguire

Liberal DemocratNorth Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is offering to small independent family (a) butchers and (b) abattoirs.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Government recognises the important contribution small independent family butchers and abattoirs make to the food supply chain and remains committed to maintaining a resilient and accessible meat processing sector. A strong network of local abattoirs ...

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