United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 784
Dog Fighting
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11 May 2022
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20 May 2022 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when sections of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 relating to videoing dog fighting will come into force in England.
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11 May 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when sections of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 relating to videoing dog fighting will come into force in England.
Source: Commons
20 May 2022
Answer
The Government abhors animal fighting and tough penalties apply to those involved. Last year, we introduced the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 which implements our manifesto commitment to increase the sentences available to courts for the most serio...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-11/784
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1461849
- uk · wq-1461849 · source updated 20 May 2022