Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered on 9th November 2018.
Andrew Rosindell
NATO Parliamentary Assembly UK Delegation, Co Chair, British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on five year sentences for animal cruelty.
David Rutley
Assistant Whip (HM Treasury), The Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Government has announced that it intends to increase the maximum penalty for animal cruelty from 6 months’ imprisonment to 5 years’ imprisonment. The legislation needed to make this change will be introduced as soon as Parliamentary time allows.
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