Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 3612

Animal Welfare: South West

Tabled: 30 August 2024

Answered: 12 September 2024

Question

Claire Hazelgrove

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the increase in animal cruelty incidents in the South West in the last 12 months; and what steps his Department is t

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

Defra monitors animal welfare offences on a national basis based on data provided by the Ministry of Justice. Defra regularly meets the RSPCA and other stakeholders to discuss animal welfare issues affecting the sector including any trends in animal welfa...

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