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Pigs: Slaughterhouses

Asked by Danny BealesLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 3 June 2026UIN 4991

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when her Department plans to launch its consultation on phasing out carbon dioxide gas chambers as a method of pig slaughter; and what timeline it intends to set for completing this ph

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 20 May to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell, PQ UIN 613.

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