Pets: Prizes
(asked on 26th April 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what legislation applies to the distribution of pets as prizes in England; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of that legislation.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 4th May 2023
In England and Wales, the Animal Welfare Act 2006 prohibits the sale of an animal or the transfer of an animal as a prize to anyone under the age of 16 years old and ensures that any person winning an animal as a prize is obliged to provide for its welfare. We consider these restrictions to be balanced and proportionate.