| Heading: |
Animal Welfare: Police |
| Question ID: |
1814133 |
| UIN: |
61011 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5051 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Kevin Bonavia
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| Asking Member handle: |
kevinbonavia
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@kevinbonavia
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing a dedicated animal cruelty unit within the police force. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-25 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
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| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
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| Answer text: |
The Department regularly meets other Government departments to discuss animal welfare issues including enforcement. Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, local authorities, the Animal and Plant Health Agency and the police all have powers to investigate alle... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |