Written questions

Slaughterhouses: Closures

Commons · Question 54215 · Tabled 21 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 5 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by 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

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 5 Jun 2025

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...