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.