PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Horses: Animal Welfare (16 February 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department has taken to tackle horse (a) fly-grazing and (b) abandonment.
Asked by:
David Simmonds (Conservative)
Asked by:
David Simmonds (Conservative)
Answer
The Control of Horses Act 2015 provides powers for landowners, land occupiers and local authorities to deal with horses placed unlawfully on any land, public or private (including equine abandonments). The 2015 Act allows for action to be taken quickly where horses are placed on land without the land-owner’s permission.
Answered by:
Sir Mark Spencer (Conservative)
27 February 2024
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