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Zoos: Standards

Commons · Question 853 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 22 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Sarah Dyke

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what conversations they have had with local authorities on the interpretation of the Standards of Modern Zoo Practice 2027.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Morgan, 22 Jun 2026

This Government published new Standards of Modern Zoo Practice for Great Britain on 24 May 2025. The Standards will come into force from May 2027 and will replace the current 2012 Secretary of State’s Standards of Modern Zoo Practice. One of the objective...