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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to publish the new Code of Practice for the keeping of equines.

We are currently aiming to lay the updated statutory Code of Practice for the Welfare of Horses, Ponies, Donkeys and Their Hybrids before Parliament before the end of the year.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Equine Sector Council for their assistance and expertise in updating the code.