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Pigs: Slaughterhouses

Asked by Alan GemmellLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 3 September 2026UIN 24214

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the timeline of phasing out the use of carbon dioxide gas as a method of slaughtering pigs.

Answered by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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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