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Written question asked by Ben Lake (Plaid Cymru) on Friday, 15 October 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 October 2021. It was answered by Baroness Prentis of Banbury (Conservative) on Tuesday, 2 November 2021 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Wool: Prices

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with British Wool on wool prices.

Answer

British Wool is a public body who work on behalf of the wool industry to collect, grade, monitor, market and sell British wool to the international wool textile industry.

Defra officials meet regularly with British Wool, who share regular reports on auction sales and wool values. Although prices fell below 50p per kg for the first time from March 2020 onwards following the outbreak of Covid 19 they have recently recovered to 77.5p per kg.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
57252
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Prices Wool
Link
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