Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 78505
Animal Welfare: Inspections
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Ruth Jones
Labour — Newport West and Islwyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support local authority animal welfare inspectors.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleDefra officials meet regularly with the National Animal Health and Welfare Panel which represents local authority inspectors to support inspectors to deliver their duties in relation to the health and welfare of farmed animals. Defra has also completed a ...
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