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18 Dec 2025, 10:52 a.m. - House of Commons "prison sentence for animal cruelty from six months to five years. With the Animal Welfare Sentencing Act " Dr Neil Hudson MP (Epping Forest, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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22 Jan 2026, 4:06 p.m. - House of Commons "years. With the Animal Welfare Sentencing Act 2021, and importantly, enshrining animal " Dr Neil Hudson MP (Epping Forest, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Agricultural Sector: Import Standards
39 speeches (14,795 words) Thursday 22nd January 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Neil Hudson (Con - Epping Forest) the maximum prison sentence for animal cruelty from six months to five years under the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act - Link to Speech |
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Animal Welfare Strategy for England
57 speeches (13,967 words) Wednesday 21st January 2026 - Westminster Hall Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley and Ilkley) In 2019, wild animals were banned from circuses, and the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 increased - Link to Speech |
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Draft United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Glue Traps) Regulations 2025
7 speeches (1,992 words) Wednesday 7th January 2026 - General Committees Mentions: 1: Neil Hudson (Con - Epping Forest) the maximum prison sentence for animal cruelty from six months to five years with the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act - Link to Speech |
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Animal Welfare Strategy
50 speeches (3,720 words) Thursday 18th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Neil Hudson (Con - Epping Forest) increasing from six months to five years the maximum prison sentence for animal cruelty in the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act - Link to Speech |
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Catapults and Antisocial Behaviour
35 speeches (9,216 words) Tuesday 2nd December 2025 - Westminster Hall Home Office Mentions: 1: Katie Lam (Con - Weald of Kent) Countryside Act 1981, the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996, the Animal Welfare Act 2006, the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act - Link to Speech |
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Animal Welfare: Crime Prevention
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Reform UK - Romford) Tuesday 18th November 2025 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps she has taken to work to reduce instances of crime against animals. Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) The Government has taken steps to reduce crime against animals. We have provided over £800,000 in additional funding to the National Wildlife Crime Unit and the National Rural Crime Unit to strengthen enforcement against offences such as poaching and illegal wildlife trade. There are strong penalties in place for offences committed against wildlife and kept animals. For kept animals we have Penalty Notices for Animal Health and Welfare Offences, giving enforcement bodies a proportionate tool for lower-level breaches. For serious animal welfare offences courts can now impose up to five years’ imprisonment for the most serious cruelty offences under the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act. These measures improve deterrence and ensure justice. |