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Animal Welfare

Asked by Christine JardineLiberal DemocratDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 31 October 2025UIN 78432

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's timetable is for publishing a new animal welfare strategy.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation. The Prime Minister announced that we will be publishing an animal welfare strategy later this year.

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