Equipment: Animal Welfare

(asked on 6th July 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of requiring manufacturers of ground maintenance equipment to put stickers or markings on such products to warn users to check for hedgehogs before use.


Answered by
Kate Dearden Portrait
Kate Dearden
Minister of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade)
This question was answered on 9th July 2026

The Department has not made a specific assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the merits of requiring manufacturers of ground maintenance equipment to place stickers or markings on such products advising users to check for hedgehogs before use.

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