Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 17533

Animal Welfare and Domestic Abuse

Tabled: 9 July 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress her Department has made on considering the outcomes of the research project commissioned in summer 2025 on the link between animal abuse and domestic abuse.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
This Government commissioned a research project, led by the University of Bristol, to explore the link between animal abuse and domestic abuse and to identify additional opportunities for intervention. We will consider the outcomes of this research once c...

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