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Pigs: Slaughterhouses

Asked by Tony VaughanLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 20 July 2026UIN 18206

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether an assessment has been made of the potential merits of launching a public consultation into the use of high concentration carbon dioxide for slaughtering pigs.

Answered by Stephen Morgan

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell, Helen Maguire, on 20 May 2026 to PQ UIN 613.

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