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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure the timelines set out in the animal welfare strategy are met.

The Animal Welfare Strategy sets out the priority issues that this Government will address, focusing on the changes and improvements that Defra aim to achieve by 2030. Policies will be delivered throughout this time.

This Government will convene regular meetings at both official and ministerial level with stakeholders to facilitate sharing of information and ensure the reforms which have been identified are working and as a forum to review progress against the strategy.