Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 69098
Zoos: Licensing
Tabled: 18 July 2025
Answered: 1 September 2025
Named DayQuestion
Dr Neil Hudson
Conservative — Epping Forest
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of local authorities to enforce regulations on zoo licensing.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerThe Government published new Standards of Modern Zoo Practice for Great Britain on 24 May 2025, which will come into force from May 2027. One of the objectives of updating the Standards has been to make requirements clearer to aid local authority enforcem...
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