Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 54215

Slaughterhouses: Closures

Tabled: 21 May 2025

Answered: 5 June 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question 52818 on Slaughterhouses: Closures, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of access to slaughter facilities for livestock prod

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The provision of and access to abattoir facilities is a matter for individual business. However, Defra recognises the importance to livestock producers across England of having access to smaller abattoirs who provide local slaughter facilities particularl...

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