Question follow-through · 10322
Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his (a) plans and (b) priorities are for tackling animal cruelty (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 24 Oct 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his (a) plans and (b) priorities are for tackling animal cruelty (i) in the UK and (ii) abroad.
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Oct 2024
Answer published
This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. We will be outlining more detail in due course.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Deposit Return Schemes
10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the merits of a variable rate of deposit for the Deposit Return Scheme.
Local Government: Recycling
10 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the benefits of introducing statutory recycling targets for local authorities.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Kinship Care
24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department offers (a) paid time off work and (b) other support to employees who become kinship carers.
Veterinary Services
29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department holds information on the number of independent UK veterinary practices that offer out-of-hours emergency care.
Hunting: Dogs
4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the planned consultation on hunting with dogs will accept submissions on potential amendments to Schedule 1 of the Hunting Act 2004.
Hunting: Fines
4 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her department has made of the suitability of the penalties available under the Hunting Act 2004; and whether the planned consultation on trail hunting will include con