PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Animal Welfare: Sentencing (23 October 2017)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will introduce legislation to increase the maximum sentence for animal cruelty offences to five years imprisonment.
Asked by:
Sir Mark Tami (Labour)
Asked by:
Sir Mark Tami (Labour)
Answer
On 30 September the Secretary of State announced that the Government would increase the maximum penalty for animal cruelty offences from six months’ imprisonment to five years’ imprisonment. As this announcement made clear, draft legislation will be published for consultation around the turn of the year
Answered by:
George Eustice (Conservative)
2 November 2017
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