Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 112299

Sheep: Livestock Industry

Tabled: 10 February 2026
Answered: 18 February 2026

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the contribution of British Wool's (a) sheep shearing training and (b) exchange with shearers and sheep farmers in Australia and New Zealand to farming

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
With a national flock of around 30m sheep, British Wool provides a unique and valuable service, for around 30,000 registered wool producers across the UK, to collect, grade, promote, and sell their fleece wool to the global textile industry. British Wool ...

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