Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80869

Agriculture: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Mr Peter Bedford

ConservativeMid Leicestershire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that animal welfare laws are more strictly enforced on farms.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
All farm animals are protected by comprehensive and robust animal health and welfare legislation, and potential breaches of the law are taken very seriously. Any allegations of poor animal welfare are investigated by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (AP...

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