Written questions

Livestock: Animal Welfare

Commons · Question 84316 · 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, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Animal and Plant Health Agency procedures on providing farms with advanced notice of an inspection on the enforcement of animal

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...