Kevin Bonavia MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Written questions

Animal Welfare: PoliceDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing a dedicated animal cruelty unit within the police force.
Answer: The Department regularly meets other Government departments to discuss animal welfare issues including enforcement. Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, local authorities, the Animal and Plant Health Agency and the police all have powers to investigate alle...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
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Animal BreedingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a national register of breeders to improve safeguards against animal abuse.
Answer: In relation to dogs, under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (the Regulations), commercial and high-volume dog breeders must hold a licence issued by their local authority. Licensees must meet strict...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
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Forests: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59909More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of modernising the licensing system for forestry operations to provide greater protection for ancient woodlands.
Answer: England’s trees and woodlands are protected by a number of regulatory regimes. These include the felling licence regime, the environmental impact assessment regulations, tree preservation orders, sites of special scientific interest and the planning regim...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
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BarbecuesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take legislative steps to ban disposable barbeques.
Answer: The Government has no plans to ban disposable barbeques at present. Local authorities already have powers to apply local bans on council or public land. It would also be a crime to litter a disposable barbecue for which councils have powers to issue fixed...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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Ministry of Defence	2
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	4
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