Animal Welfare: Sentencing
Commons · Question 4418 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 8 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by James Wild
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Sentencing Council guidelines for animal cruelty.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 8 Jun 2026
When deciding what sentence to impose the courts are required to take into account the circumstances of the offence and the offender, including the culpability of the offender and the harm they caused. In setting a sentence, courts must follow any relevan...