Animal Welfare: Cambridgeshire
Commons · Question 73587 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 3 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Charlotte Cane
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to help tackle animal beatings in Cambridgeshire.
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 3 Sep 2025
Enforcement of animal welfare standards is primarily delivered through the powers available under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which makes it an offence to cause any animal unnecessary suffering or to fail to provide for its welfare. The Animal Welfare (S...