Animal Welfare: Sentencing
Commons · Question 60978 · Tabled 18 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will review sentencing guidelines for animal cruelty offences in connection with (a) confining an animal in a hot vehicle and (b) other cases of causing unnecessary suffering to animals.
Answer
Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin, 23 Jun 2025
Sentencing guidelines are developed and reviewed by the Sentencing Council for England and Wales, in fulfilment of its statutory duty to do so.In July 2023, the Council issued guidelines on animal cruelty, which provide the Court with guidance on factors ...