Land Use: Horses
Commons · Question 79099 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of protections for equine welfare in relation to (a) temporary and (b) permanent construction projects on (i) agricultural and (ii)
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 20 Oct 2025
Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, it is an offence to cause any animal unnecessary suffering or to fail to provide for its welfare. The Act is supported by the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Horses, Ponies, Donkeys and Their Hybrids which provides g...