Written questions

Livestock: Animal Welfare

Commons · Question 84314 · 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, how many reports the Animal and Plant Health Agency has received of alleged animal welfare breaches on farms in each of the last five years.

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...