Question follow-through · 109832
Animal Welfare: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timetable is for a) reviewing and b) strengthening penalties for cruelty against wildlife.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 30 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 4 Feb 2026 · 5 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
30 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her planned timetable is for a) reviewing and b) strengthening penalties for cruelty against wildlife.
3 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Feb 2026
Answer published
The commitment to review and look to strengthen penalties for cruelty against wildlife - so they are consistent with higher levels of sentencing available for animal welfare offences against pets and livestock - was made in the Government’s Animal Welfare...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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