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Animal Rising

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 20 February 2025UIN 30018

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether (a) he, (b) his officials and (c) his special advisors have had meetings with the animal rights group Animal Rising.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

No, neither the Secretary of State, his officials, nor Special Advisors have met with this organisation.

Details of Ministers’ and Special Advisor meetings with external organisations and individuals are publicly and freely available on GOV.UK. This has been the case for decades.

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