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Animal Welfare: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has held with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on online animal cruelty content since the publication of the Animal Sentience Committee’s Octo

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
15 Jul 2026
Answer
16 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has held with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on online animal cruelty content since the publication of the Animal Sentience Committee’s Octo

  2. 15 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Defra officials have engaged with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology on online animal welfare content since the publication of the Animal Sentience Committee’s October 2024 report, including discussions on the implementation of animal c...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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