Petition · past parliament · Home Office

Create short-term visas for skilled abattoir workers to meet labour shortages

Closed 1,530 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government should create short-term visas for skilled abattoir workers so they can travel to the UK to work in abattoirs and meet current labour shortages.
To allow a relatively small number of skilled foreign abattoir works into the UK, so they can alleviate staff shortages in pig processing plants and clear the increasing backlog of pigs on UK farms. This will help to save all those pigs from being killed and incinerated with all the associated stresses for both animals and the people who have to cull those animals and the waste of food. Farmers who have bred and reared high-welfare animals are appalled at the lack of action on the situation.

Timeline

11 Oct 2021 Petition opened for signatures
11 Apr 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 1,530
Status Closed
Department Home Office
Opened 11 Oct 2021
Closed 11 Apr 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.