Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 79097
Horses: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025
Question
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued on animal welfare regulations that apply to construction activity taking place on land where horses are kept.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleUnder the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (the 2006 Act), it is an offence to cause any animal unnecessary suffering or to fail to provide for its welfare. The 2006 Act is backed up by the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Horses, Ponies, Donkeys and Their Hybr...
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