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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

1185561

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2020
	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 plans to bring forward legislative proposals on animal sentience.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	29850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to bringing in new laws on animal sentience. Any necessary changes required to domestic legislation will be made in a rigorous and comprehensive way after the transition period and will be brought forward when Parliamentary time allows. Defra is currently assessing how best to support Government departments in considering the welfare needs of sentient animals when they are developing and implementing Government policy.</p><p> </p><p>Defra engages with a wide range of stakeholders on a number of animal welfare issues, including animal sentience.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 29851 30183 30189 question first answered 19/03/2020 17:00:13 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1185562

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2020
	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 recent representations he has received on a comprehensive and rigorous means of legislating for animal sentience.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	29851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to bringing in new laws on animal sentience. Any necessary changes required to domestic legislation will be made in a rigorous and comprehensive way after the transition period and will be brought forward when Parliamentary time allows. Defra is currently assessing how best to support Government departments in considering the welfare needs of sentient animals when they are developing and implementing Government policy.</p><p> </p><p>Defra engages with a wide range of stakeholders on a number of animal welfare issues, including animal sentience.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow grouped question UIN 29850 30183 30189 question first answered 19/03/2020 17:00:13 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1453405

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2022
	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 his Department has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the star system for animal activity licensing process.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	144850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2022 answer text <p>The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 were developed to help improve welfare standards across a range of activities involving animals that are licensed by local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to learning from implementation and to make improvements where necessary and evidenced. There is a statutory requirement to complete a Post Implementation Review of the legislation by October 2023. We will consider the effectiveness of the associated guidance including the star rating system alongside this work.</p><p> </p><p>As part of planning for this review, we are proactively working with partners, including local authorities, to collate data that can provide a picture of licensed and unlicensed activities involving animals in England. Key trade associations such as the Pet Industry Federation and the Canine and Feline Sector Group will be integral to coordinating input from this diverse sector to inform Defra’s review. This is an ongoing project and one which will benefit from close involvement of the sector in the development of a strong evidence base.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/03/2022 16:04:37 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	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