Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 69904

Slaughterhouses: Small Businesses

Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025

Question

Mims Davies

ConservativeEast Grinstead and Uckfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help expand the network of small abattoirs in (a) the South East and (b) England.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
England benefits from an established and resilient meat processing sector which continues to deliver high-quality products, supporting food supply and food security. The Government has full confidence this will continue. While the Government does not inte...

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