Livestock: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 84302 · Tabled 22 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 31 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Ruth Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to ensure that the Animal and Plant Health Agency acts on reports of animal welfare breaches on farms by animal protection groups.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 31 Oct 2025
All farm animals are protected by comprehensive and robust animal health and welfare legislation. The Animal and Plant Agency (APHA), as the national regulator for farmed animal welfare in Great Britain, undertake proactive and reactive inspections on far...