Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 70273
Farms: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 22 July 2025
Answered: 2 September 2025
Question
Mr Angus MacDonald
Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with devolved Administrations on the consistency of on-farm animal welfare inspections across the United Kingdom.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerAnimal welfare is a devolved matter in the UK. This means that responsibility for animal welfare policy in the individual nations is the responsibility of the relevant nations’ Ministers. However, Defra works closely with the devolved Governments on a ran...
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