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Animal Welfare

Asked by Johanna BaxterLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 2 September 2025UIN 70138

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish the animal welfare strategy.

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

This Government was elected on a mandate to improve animal welfare. The Prime Minister announced that we will be publishing an animal welfare strategy later this year.

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