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Animal Welfare: Fines

Asked by Stuart AndersonConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 12 November 2024UIN 12104

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of animal welfare penalty notices.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

The first annual report from enforcement authorities on penalty notices issued is to be submitted to Defra by June 2025 and a consolidated report will subsequently be published.

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