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

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions Ministers and special advisers in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have had with representatives of the tourism industry, including from lobbying firms, in relation to the implementation of the Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023.

The Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 provides a framework for the introduction of future bans on the advertising and offering for sale, in England and Northern Ireland, of low-welfare animal activities abroad.

We are engaging stakeholders including the tourism industry and animal welfare groups on the most effective way to deliver the Act and will be setting out next steps in due course.

In addition, we are committed to introducing ambitious plans to improve animal welfare, including bans on trail hunting, puppy smuggling and farming, and snare traps.