Every parliamentary written question tabled by Shockat Adam this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
Showing 1–7 of 7 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a public register of individuals convicted of animal cruelty offences.
The Government has no plans to introduce a publicly assessable animal cruelty register. All prosecutions for animal cruelty offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 are currently stored on the Police National Computer. This information may be shared wit...
Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to introduce mandatory labelling of precision-bred (gene-edited) foods.
Defra cannot comment regarding an ongoing legal case.
Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the High Court's ruling on the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Regulations 2025.
Defra cannot comment regarding an ongoing legal case.
Food and Rural Affairs, how rescue centres, breeders and veterinary practices can verify whether a prospective owner is subject to a disqualification order.
The Government has no plans to introduce a publicly assessable animal cruelty register. All prosecutions for animal cruelty offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 are currently stored on the Police National Computer. This information may be shared wit...
Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure full traceability of precision-bred organisms across the food and farming supply chain.
Defra cannot comment regarding an ongoing legal case.
Food and Rural Affairs, how many disqualification orders preventing the ownership or keeping of animals were made by the courts under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in each of the last three years.
This data is not held centrally by Defra. Data on disqualification orders under the Animal Welfare Act is held by HM Courts and Tribunals Service and is available to relevant enforcement agencies through the Police National Database.
Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Department takes to monitor and enforce compliance with disqualification orders for animal ownership.
Under section 34(9) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006, it is a criminal offence to breach a disqualification order. The police and local authority inspectors have powers to investigate offences and take enforcement action where such orders are breached, and ...