{ "format" : "linked-data-api", "version" : "0.2", "result" : {"_about" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?legislature.prefLabel=House+of+Commons&min-date=2019-05-21&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-06-27T14%3A34%3A59.643Z&questionText=To+ask+the+Secretary+of+State+for+Environment%2C+Food+and+Rural+Affairs%2C+if+he+will+bring+forward+legislative+proposals+to+increase+the+maximum+sentence+available+under+the+Animal+welfare+%28Service+Animals%29+Act+2006.", "definition" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/meta/answeredquestions.text?legislature.prefLabel=House+of+Commons&min-date=2019-05-21&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-06-27T14%3A34%3A59.643Z&questionText=To+ask+the+Secretary+of+State+for+Environment%2C+Food+and+Rural+Affairs%2C+if+he+will+bring+forward+legislative+proposals+to+increase+the+maximum+sentence+available+under+the+Animal+welfare+%28Service+Animals%29+Act+2006.", "extendedMetadataVersion" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?legislature.prefLabel=House+of+Commons&min-date=2019-05-21&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-06-27T14%3A34%3A59.643Z&_metadata=all&questionText=To+ask+the+Secretary+of+State+for+Environment%2C+Food+and+Rural+Affairs%2C+if+he+will+bring+forward+legislative+proposals+to+increase+the+maximum+sentence+available+under+the+Animal+welfare+%28Service+Animals%29+Act+2006.", "first" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_page=0&legislature.prefLabel=House+of+Commons&min-date=2019-05-21&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-06-27T14%3A34%3A59.643Z&questionText=To+ask+the+Secretary+of+State+for+Environment%2C+Food+and+Rural+Affairs%2C+if+he+will+bring+forward+legislative+proposals+to+increase+the+maximum+sentence+available+under+the+Animal+welfare+%28Service+Animals%29+Act+2006.", "hasPart" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?legislature.prefLabel=House+of+Commons&min-date=2019-05-21&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-06-27T14%3A34%3A59.643Z&questionText=To+ask+the+Secretary+of+State+for+Environment%2C+Food+and+Rural+Affairs%2C+if+he+will+bring+forward+legislative+proposals+to+increase+the+maximum+sentence+available+under+the+Animal+welfare+%28Service+Animals%29+Act+2006.", "isPartOf" : "http://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?legislature.prefLabel=House+of+Commons&min-date=2019-05-21&min-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2019-06-27T14%3A34%3A59.643Z&questionText=To+ask+the+Secretary+of+State+for+Environment%2C+Food+and+Rural+Affairs%2C+if+he+will+bring+forward+legislative+proposals+to+increase+the+maximum+sentence+available+under+the+Animal+welfare+%28Service+Animals%29+Act+2006.", "items" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1134472", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1134472/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

I am pleased to say that the legislation needed to implement the increase in the maximum penalty for animal cruelty offences - the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill \u2013 had its First Reading in this House on 26 June. The Bill will increase the custodial penalty for causing unnecessary suffering to an animal, as well as other animal cruelty offences, from 6 months\u2019 imprisonment to 5 years\u2019 imprisonment.<\/p>

<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4033", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for David Rutley"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Macclesfield"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "David Rutley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-07-03T11:47:41.973Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Animal Welfare: Sentencing"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to increase the maximum sentence available under the Animal welfare (Service Animals) Act 2006.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/301", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Burden"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birmingham, Northfield"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Richard Burden"} ], "uin" : "268962"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 1, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }