Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 78736
Animal Welfare
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what oversight exists of local authorities that (a) keep and (b) exhibit animals in public parks, and what steps her Department is taking to ensure such animals are kept in accordance
Answer
Dame Angela EagleLocal authorities are responsible for ensuring that kept animals, including those accommodated or exhibited in public parks, are cared for in accordance with the Animal Welfare Act 2006. Where a local authority itself exhibits animals, it is expected to m...
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