Question follow-through · 17788
Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to review the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2024 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to review the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018.
6 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2024
Answer published
Defra is finalising its post-implementation review of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018. The report into the review will be published in due course.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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