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date	2023-11-07
legislature › pref label	House of Lords
hansard heading	RSPCA: Private Prosecutions

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07/11/2023

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RSPCA: Private Prosecutions

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To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the comments made by Judge Peter Veits in Lincolnshire Magistrates Court that the RSPCA had acted unlawfully in the initiation of the prosecution of a farmer, whether they intend to investigate the role of the RSPCA in bringing forward criminal prosecutions; and whether they plan to instruct police to conduct their own independent investigations.

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Lord Blencathra

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21/11/2023

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<p>Although the vast majority of farmed animal related welfare cases are prosecuted by the Local Authority, the Animal Welfare Act 2006 enables prosecutions to be taken by concerned individuals or bodies such as the RSPCA and we have no plans currently to amend.</p><p>Chief Constables are operationally independent, and it is for them take decisions on enforcement action and prosecutions.</p>

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Lord Sharpe of Epsom

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21/11/2023 14:43:18

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