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1051290

registered interest
date	30/01/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a ban on tethering animals in unsafe locations including (a) roundabouts (b) roadsides and (c) other public land.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	214548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>Defra is keen to ensure that we uphold our high standards of animal welfare including in relation to tethering. Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (the 2006 Act) it is an offence to fail to provide for an animal’s welfare or to cause it any unnecessary suffering. The 2006 Act is backed up by the statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Horses, Ponies, Donkeys and Their Hybrids (the Code). The Code provides owners and keepers with information on how to meet the welfare needs of their animals and includes a specific section on how to tether a horse and other animals are covered. The code makes it clear that the site should not allow animals’ access to a public highway or public footpaths. If anyone is concerned about the way a horse or other animal has been tethered they should report the matter either to the relevant local authority or to the RSPCA or World Horse Welfare who can investigate. If a horse or other animal is found not to be tethered appropriately it could lead to a prosecution under the 2006 Act. Defra considers that this legislation and guidance provides the right safeguards in respect of tethering.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/02/2019 17:31:45 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1125667

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has plans to improve animal rights after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	252554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>We will maintain and enhance our high animal welfare standards as we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>We recently laid legislation to ban travelling circuses from using wild animals and to tackle puppy farming by ending third party sales. We have made CCTV mandatory in slaughterhouses and are introducing one of the world’s toughest bans on ivory sales to protect elephants from poaching. Each of these measures goes further than EU rules require.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 14/05/2019 16:03:41 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

1141969

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to prevent animal cruelty.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	912197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>This Government is leading the way in promoting animal welfare by bringing forward legislation that will increase the maximum custodial penalty for animal cruelty in England from 6 months’ to 5 years’ imprisonment. We have also made it a requirement for all slaughterhouses to have CCTV; updated and improved the laws regulating dog breeding and pet sales; and banned the third party sale of puppies and kittens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley grouped question UIN 912192 question first answered 25/07/2019 15:37:14 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

922408

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he last met with representatives of the RSPCA to discuss animal welfare.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	152707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2018 answer text <p>Ministers meet the RSPCA regularly to discuss animal welfare issues. Most recently, Lord Gardiner met them on 11 June 2018. I also attended their parliamentary drop-in on 13 June 2018.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/06/2018 09:14:06 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1015225

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on how many local authorities have not appointed animal welfare inspectors with training to enforce the Animal Welfare Act 2006 with respect to equine welfare.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	195692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Defra does not hold records of how many local authorities have not appointed or trained inspectors to enforce equine welfare issues.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are required to enforce <em>The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 </em>which includes the licensing of businesses that hire out horses for riding or instruction in riding and which requires inspectors to be suitably qualified. We would expect most local authorities, therefore, to have inspectors trained in enforcing equine welfare more generally.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 04/12/2018 17:05:54 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1015226

registered interest
date	26/11/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department are taking are to encourage local authorities to appoint animal welfare inspectors.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	195693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>Defra does not hold records of how many local authorities have not appointed or trained inspectors to enforce equine welfare issues.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are required to enforce <em>The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 </em>which includes the licensing of businesses that hire out horses for riding or instruction in riding and which requires inspectors to be suitably qualified. We would expect most local authorities, therefore, to have inspectors trained in enforcing equine welfare more generally.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 04/12/2018 17:09:02 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

1035124

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Leader of the House
answering dept id	34
answering dept short name	Leader of the House
answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the allocation of time to debate (a) the matter of and (b) legislative proposals in relation to animal sentience.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	205158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>I continue to have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the allocation of time for business and announce the upcoming business at the weekly Business Questions on a Thursday morning.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/01/2019 09:10:19 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1061308

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to regulate animal rescue centres.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	221590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government commends animal rescue centres for the valuable work they do caring for vulnerable animals in need. Defra is aware that many animal welfare charities support the introduction of licensing for the rescue and rehoming sector. They see this as a means to prevent disreputable dealers from reinventing themselves as rescue centres in order to evade the ban on third-party sales of puppies and kittens in England. The Government needs to understand the benefits and impacts of licensing on genuine rescue centres, and is engaging with the animal rescue and rehoming sector on these questions.</p><p> </p><p>To stop commercial operations circumnavigating the ban on third party sales, Defra will provide updated guidance to local authorities to help them distinguish between genuine rescue centres, and those that are actually commercial operations and are subject to the ban.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 19/02/2019 17:57:21 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

937571

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has plans to amend the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 to extend licensing to rescue centres.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	161973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Defra undertook a call for evidence in order to form a well-grounded understanding of the case for banning the third party sale of puppies and kittens, and of how such a ban should best be designed and implemented. The evidence we have obtained has valuably shaped the reforms which will formally be proposed via a consultation. Defra is working with a range of organisations, including the Canine and Feline Sector Group, to consider the impacts of a possible ban, including the impacts on rescue and rehoming centres. Any proposal to bring such centres into the scheme of licensing under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 would be subject to full public consultation. Any rescue centre that operates commercially and offers animals for a fixed fee in England would be in scope of being licensed as a commercial pet seller under the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 161972 161974 161975 161976 161977 question first answered 17/07/2018 15:26:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

937577

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations his Department has received from (a) organisations, (b) charities and (c) individuals on the requirement for animal rescue centres to be licensed.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	161975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Defra undertook a call for evidence in order to form a well-grounded understanding of the case for banning the third party sale of puppies and kittens, and of how such a ban should best be designed and implemented. The evidence we have obtained has valuably shaped the reforms which will formally be proposed via a consultation. Defra is working with a range of organisations, including the Canine and Feline Sector Group, to consider the impacts of a possible ban, including the impacts on rescue and rehoming centres. Any proposal to bring such centres into the scheme of licensing under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 would be subject to full public consultation. Any rescue centre that operates commercially and offers animals for a fixed fee in England would be in scope of being licensed as a commercial pet seller under the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 161972 161973 161974 161976 161977 question first answered 17/07/2018 15:26:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew