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Meat: Small Businesses

Commons · Question 68623 · Tabled 16 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 23 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Ben Maguire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support his Department is offering to small independent family (a) butchers and (b) abattoirs.

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 23 Jul 2025

The Government recognises the important contribution small independent family butchers and abattoirs make to the food supply chain and remains committed to maintaining a resilient and accessible meat processing sector. A strong network of local abattoirs ...