Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 18 November 2016.
Margaret Ritchie
Social Democratic and Labour Party, South Down
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the deterrent effect that increased maximum sentences for cruelty against animals have had in Northern Ireland; and whether she has made an assessment of the implications of those effects for her Department's policies.
George Eustice
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
The increase in the maximum sentences only came into effect on 1 August 2016. No such assessments have therefore been made.
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