Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 8390

Animals: Exports

Tabled: 9 October 2024

Answered: 16 October 2024

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to introduce a ban on all live animal exports.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner

The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024 came into force on 22 July 2024. The Act bans the export of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and horses for fattening or slaughter from Great Britain, stopping stress, exhaustion and injury caused by this unnecess...

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