Question follow-through · 3578
Pigs: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to prohibit tail docking in pigs in the context of the new animal welfare strategy; and whether she plans to review the interpretation, application or enforcem
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jun 2026 · 33 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she has taken to prohibit tail docking in pigs in the context of the new animal welfare strategy; and whether she plans to review the interpretation, application or enforcem
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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22 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Animal Welfare Act 2006 prohibits procedures which involve interference with the sensitive tissues or bone structure of an animal. The Mutilations (Permitted Procedures) (England) Regulations 2007 list exemptions, including pig tail docking, to which ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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