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date	2019-03-05
answer › answering member printed	David Rutley
hansard heading	Horse Racing: Animal Welfare
max answer › date of answer	2019-05-24

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Horse Racing: Animal Welfare

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the timescale for the review of the British Horseracing Authority's review whip sanctions; and if he will make a statement.

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Birmingham, Hall Green

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Mr Roger Godsiff

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is ministerial correction

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13/03/2019

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Defra is keen to ensure that we uphold our high standards of animal welfare including in relation to horseracing. Irresponsible use of the whip is completely unacceptable. The British Horseracing Association (BHA) requires that whips be used responsibly and jockeys may only use the whip within certain strict rules. The BHA last undertook a review of the whip in 2011. The BHA policy on the whip was drawn up in consultation with animal welfare groups, such as the RSPCA and World Horse Welfare. Defra understands that the BHA will give further consideration to use of the whip as part of their development of an industry-wide welfare strategy.

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Macclesfield

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David Rutley

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13/03/2019 13:55:47

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