United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 55677
Zoos: Animal Welfare
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30 May 2025
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9 June 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of updates to the Standards of Modern Zoo Practice for Great Britain on animal welfare standards at zoos.
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30 May 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of updates to the Standards of Modern Zoo Practice for Great Britain on animal welfare standards at zoos.
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9 June 2025
Answer
The 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. The new Standards re...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-05-30/55677
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1807244
- uk · wq-1807244 · source updated 9 June 2025