A question on #Sheep #AnimalWelfare tabled by James Wild on 19-06-2025 has been answered by Daniel Zeichner.

Heading: Sheep: Animal Welfare
Question ID: 1814571
UIN: 61241
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-19
Asking Member ID: 4787
Asking Member display name: James Wild
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Asking Member Twitter reference: James Wild
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a minimum price for fleece that covers the cost of animal welfare requirements for sheep farmers.
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Date answered: 2025-06-27
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4382
Answering Member display name: Daniel Zeichner
Answering Member handle: danielzeichner
Answering Member Twitter reference: @danielzeichner
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Answer text: British Wool is a public body, responsible for the collection, sale and marketing of wool from across the UK. Sales are conducted by auction throughout the year and reflect global market developments in price and availability. Payments to British Wool’s p...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true