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Animal Welfare: Tourism

Commons · Question 112492 · Tabled 10 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 18 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what engagement her Department has had with animal protection organisations on the development of activity regulations under the Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023, inclu

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 18 Feb 2026

The Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 provides a framework for the introduction of future bans on the advertising and offering for sale, in England and Northern Ireland, of low-welfare animal activities abroad. The Act grants enforcement po...