Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 73587

Animal Welfare: Cambridgeshire

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 3 September 2025

Question

Charlotte Cane

Liberal DemocratEly and East Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help tackle animal beatings in Cambridgeshire.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
Enforcement of animal welfare standards is primarily delivered through the powers available under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which makes it an offence to cause any animal unnecessary suffering or to fail to provide for its welfare. The Animal Welfare (S...

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