Horses: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 79097 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has issued on animal welfare regulations that apply to construction activity taking place on land where horses are kept.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 20 Oct 2025
Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 (the 2006 Act), it is an offence to cause any animal unnecessary suffering or to fail to provide for its welfare. The 2006 Act is backed up by the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Horses, Ponies, Donkeys and Their Hybr...