Animal Welfare: Sentencing
(asked on 1st November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to introduce legislation to increase the maximum sentence for animal cruelty offences to five years' imprisonment.
This question was answered on 8th November 2017
We hope to publish draft legislation for consultation around the turn of the year, as announced on 30 September.