Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 54493

Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses

Tabled: 22 May 2025
Answered: 6 June 2025

Question

Tom Rutland

LabourEast Worthing and Shoreham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with the National Farmers’ Union on challenges faced by small and medium-sized abattoirs.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Secretary of State and I often meet with the National Farmers’ Union to discuss a wide range of farming issues which are important to both producers and processors. Defra officials continue to work closely with small and medium sized abattoir sector s...

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