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Animal Welfare: Fireworks

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect livestock in West Dorset from distress and injury caused by fireworks.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
24 Nov 2025
Answer
1 Dec 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to protect livestock in West Dorset from distress and injury caused by fireworks.

  2. 24 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 1 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 18 November 2025 to the hon. Member for Halesowen, PQ UIN 89247.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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