Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 60977
Motor Vehicles: Dogs
Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mr Andrew Snowden
Conservative — Fylde
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department issues to police forces on intervening when dogs are reported to be in distress in locked vehicles during hot weather.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerUnder the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (the Act) police officers and local authority inspectors have broad powers to intervene where an animal is in distress, including where they are enclosed in vehicles during hot weather. The powers are explained in the Act...
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