Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 111195

Animal Welfare: Fines

Tabled: 5 February 2026

Answered: 12 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to answer 109832 of 4 February 2026 on Animal Welfare: Fines, what conversations she has had with the Leader of the House regarding the planned timetabling for the introductio

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The commitment to review and look to strengthen penalties for cruelty against wildlife - so they are consistent with higher levels of sentencing available for animal welfare offences against pets and livestock - was made in the Government’s Animal Welfare...

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