Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 73101

Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 23 September 2025

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to introduce the regulations for the Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Act.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
We continue to engage with stakeholders including the tourism industry and animal welfare groups to explore both legislative and non-legislative options to stop the advertising of low-welfare animal activities abroad.