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1064778

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
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 steps his Department plans to take to increase standards for the care and protection of animals after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	224482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been very clear that our departure from the EU will not lead to a lowering of our high animal welfare standards.</p><p> </p><p>Our regulatory system will offer at least the same level of assurance of animal welfare following our departure from the EU as it does now. The EU Withdrawal Act will ensure that existing EU standards are maintained once we leave the EU, and we are actively exploring options for strengthening the UK system moving forward. This includes plans to increase maximum penalties for animal cruelty from six months’ to five years’ imprisonment.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 28/02/2019 14:20:59 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

904848

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
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 discussions his Department has had with animal welfare organisations since the closure of the consultation on the Draft Animal Welfare Bill.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	144225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given to the Honourable Member for Redcar, on 10 May 2018 to PQ UIN 141354.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 22/05/2018 14:30:46 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

348342

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
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, with reference to the statement made by the Minister of State for Farming, Food and the Marine Environment to the Western Morning News on 25 May 2015, what the scientific evidential basis is for the statement that there is not a great deal of difference in practical terms between shooting badgers and shooting other wildlife.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	1037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Chief Veterinary Officer has advised that based on the evidence of two annual culls, his view is that the likelihood of suffering in badgers culled by controlled shooting remains comparable with the range of outcomes reported when other culling activities, currently accepted by society, have been assessed, such as deer shooting.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A copy of the Chief Veterinary Officer’s advice is available at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-chief-veterinary-officers-advice-on-outcome-of-year-2-of-the-badger-culls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bovine-tb-chief-veterinary-officers-advice-on-outcome-of-year-2-of-the-badger-culls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 09/06/2015 12:20:42 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

647771

registered interest
date	29/11/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of the recidivism rate of persons who have committed offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	55407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>The reoffending rate for those who committed an offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 was on average just over one percent over the last eight years.</p><p>Data on reoffending rates for people convicted of offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 is available up to 2014, with a one year follow-up period. Data for 2015 and 2016 will be available in due course.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/12/2016 18:02:23 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

648739

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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, with reference to her Department's consultation on the review of animal establishments licensing in England, which closed on 12 March 2016, when she plans to publish draft regulations on the licensing of animal establishments; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	55734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government proposes to publish a next steps document shortly which will set out our proposals for the animal establishments licensing review, following analysis of the 1,700 responses to the consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 07/12/2016 12:55:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

673585

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
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, in how many cases under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 a fine was imposed in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	60102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The number of proceedings heard at magistrates’ courts, and those which were found guilty, sentenced and had a fine imposed under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in England and Wales, 2014 and 2015 can be viewed below.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2016 are planned for publication in May 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Outcome</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>1,433</p></td><td><p>1,103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Found Guilty</p></td><td><p>1,080</p></td><td><p>831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>1,078</p></td><td><p>833</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em> Fine</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table includes the following offences:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>Animal Welfare Act 2006 Section 4(1)(2), 5(a)(b)32(1)(2(40), 6(1)(a)(b)2,8,9,12, 7(a)(b)2, 8(1)(a to i),(2), 9, 11(1)(3), 13(6), 18(12),34(9)</p><p> </p></li><li><p>The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p> </p></li><li><p>The numbers of offenders sentenced and found guilty in the same year may differ due to some being sentenced the following year.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 60103 question first answered 24/01/2017 13:19:28 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

673588

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was collected in fines for offences committed under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	60101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 24/01/2017 16:06:56 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

897953

registered interest
date	04/05/2018
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 discussions he had with animal welfare organisations between the publication of the draft Animal Welfare Bill and the publication of his Department’s response to the Second Report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017, HC709.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	141354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government holds regular discussions with representatives of animal welfare organisations in relation to a range of animal welfare issues.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 10/05/2018 10:12:18 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

795220

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which sections of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 explicitly recognise animals as sentient beings; and what assessment they have made of the operation of the provisions of that Act on (1) farm animals, (2) wild animals, and (3) laboratory animals.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL3622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>Section 1(1) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 defines an animal for the purpose of the Act as a vertebrate other than man. This is because, as stated in the <em>Explanatory Notes</em> to the Act, vertebrates are currently “the only demonstrably sentient animals”. Section 1(3) of the Act provides powers to extend the definition of “animal” to cover invertebrates if scientific evidence shows they are also sentient; that is they “are capable of experiencing pain or suffering”.</p><p> </p><p>The main “cruelty” offence in the Act (at section 4) applies to all vertebrates commonly domesticated in the British Islands, whether they can be said to be under the control of man or not and to all other vertebrates under the control of man, or not living in a wild state (“protected animals)”. The Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 specifically protects any other wild mammals from cruelty. The main “promotion of welfare” offence at section 9 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 covers any vertebrate for which a person is responsible. Therefore the main offences in the Animal Welfare Act cover both farmed vertebrates and any wild vertebrates under the control of man, or not living in a wild state.</p><p> </p><p>The cruelty offence at section 4 also applies to any vertebrates used in a laboratory excepting anything lawfully permitted under <em>The Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986</em>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 30/11/2017 15:07:54 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1002238

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the outcome of the consultation on the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill; and when the revised Bill will be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL11259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The summary of the responses to the consultation on the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill, including the government's next steps, was published on 7 August 2018 at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-animal-welfare-sentencing-and-recognition-of-sentience-bill-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-animal-welfare-sentencing-and-recognition-of-sentience-bill-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>I have placed a copy in the Library of the House. Legislation will be introduced as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 14/11/2018 15:49:25 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble attachment 1 file name Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Draft Bill Consultation Response.pdf title Animal Welfare Bill - consultation response
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch