Question follow-through · 13449
Sheep: Animal Welfare
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take following the consultation on tail docking and castration in lambs.
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
- 26 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 3 Jul 2026 · 7 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
- Animal Welfare: Water · 13 Jul 2026
- Deer: Hunting · 7 Sept 2026
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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
26 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she plans to take following the consultation on tail docking and castration in lambs.
30 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Government is currently analysing the consultation responses and will publish a formal response in due course.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Animal Welfare: Water
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Deer: Hunting
7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has made an estimate of the number of organised deer hunts that operated under exemptions relating to the flushing of deer to guns in 2024/25.