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

To ask Her Majesty's Government, following completion of pre-legislative scrutiny by the House of Commons Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill, when they expect to introduce such a Bill before Parliament.

The public consultation on the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill closed on the 31 January 2018. We are currently considering the responses and will be responding shortly.