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Zoos: Animal Welfare |
| Question ID: |
1807244 |
| UIN: |
55677 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5168 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Adam Jogee
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Adam Jogee
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of updates to the Standards of Modern Zoo Practice for Great Britain on animal welfare standards at zoos. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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false |
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false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
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| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
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| Answer text: |
The current set of standards – the Secretary of State’s Standard of Modern Zoo Practice – were published in 2012 and no longer represent best zoo practice. The new Standards have been produced with the Scottish and Welsh Governments, and will replace the... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |