Sheep: Livestock Industry
Commons · Question 112299 · Tabled 10 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the contribution of British Wool's (a) sheep shearing training and (b) exchange with shearers and sheep farmers in Australia and New Zealand to farming
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 18 Feb 2026
With a national flock of around 30m sheep, British Wool provides a unique and valuable service, for around 30,000 registered wool producers across the UK, to collect, grade, promote, and sell their fleece wool to the global textile industry. British Wool ...