Question follow-through · 47543
Livestock Worrying: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to implement penalties for dog attacks on livestock; and when those penalties will be enforced.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Sustainable Farming Incentive · 29 Apr 2025
- Sustainable Farming Incentive · 29 Apr 2025
- Sustainable Farming Incentive · 29 Apr 2025
- Sustainable Farming Incentive · 29 Apr 2025
- Sustainable Farming Incentive · 29 Apr 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to implement penalties for dog attacks on livestock; and when those penalties will be enforced.
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises the distress livestock worrying can cause animals and their keepers. All reported crimes should be taken seriously, investigated and, where appropriate, taken through the courts and met with appropriate penalties. The Government ...
Official data retrieved 28 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.
Sustainable Farming Incentive
29 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of when applicants to the Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme who submitted applications before its closure on 11 March 2025 will receive payments.
Sustainable Farming Incentive
29 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the expected timeframe is for (a) processing and (b) decision-making on Sustainable Farming Incentive applications.
Sustainable Farming Incentive
29 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications to the Sustainable Farming Incentive were pending a decision on 11 March 2025.
Sustainable Farming Incentive
29 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Rural Payments Agency has a schedule for issuing payments to applicants with approved Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements submitted prior to 11 March 2025.
Sustainable Farming Incentive
29 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help ensure that eligible application to the Sustainable Farming Incentive submitted before 11 March 2025 are (a) processed and (b) agreements offered in a t
Sustainable Farming Incentive
29 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to communicate expected (a) processing and (b) payment timelines to applicants who submitted Sustainable Farming Incentive applications before 11 March 202
Dairy Products and Meat: Import Controls
2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that appropriate biosecurity checks are conducted on (a) vehicles and (b) goods arriving in the UK from France, following the introduction
Import Controls: France
2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has raised concerns with his French counterpart on the lack of visible (a) controls and (b) public information at French ports of departure on the new import restrictions.
Bees: Imports
2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to monitor imports of queen bees from Ukraine for the presence of Tropilaelaps mites.
Rights of Way
2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish the consultation on access reform; and whether it will include provisions for enhancing public rights of way.
Fly-tipping: Dorset
2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to support rural Dorset Council in managing rising fly tipping incidents.
Fly-tipping: Fines
2 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase penalties for repeat fly tipping offences.