UK pork production

Early day motion 1324, tabled 14 June 2023 by Ian Paisley Jnr (DUP). Signed by 11 members.

That this House acknowledges the damage sustained by UK pork producers as a result of the delay in reinstating certain processing sites' Chinese exporting licences after they were voluntarily suspended in line with UK Government advice during covid; understands that to date the suspension of export licences has cost the industry £30 million per annum and caused a 20 per cent reduction in UK pig numbers since 2021; recognises that as a result of the export licence suspension, Pilgrim's, Britain's largest provider of higher welfare pork, have opted to close their Ashton-under-Lyme site putting 542 workers at risk of redundancy; and calls on the Government to do all it can to secure the reinstatement by China of export licenses, to prevent further damage to the UK pork industry.

Signatures by party: DUP 6, Conservative 3, Labour 2.