Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the oral statement of 25 May by the Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries, Official Report, column 495, what measures from the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill his Department will take forward as single-issue legislation during the remainder of this Parliament.

We will be taking forward measures in the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill individually through other means during the remainder of this Parliament. These measures include three manifesto commitments, which we remain fully committed to delivering. These will be announced in the usual way.