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Horse Racing: Animal Welfare

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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 202715, tabled on 16 October 2023

Question

Dr Rupa Huq
Labour
Ealing Central and Acton
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to increase the (a) safety and (b) welfare of professional racing horses.

Answer

Trudy Harrison
Conservative
Copeland
Commons

Answered on

23 October 2023

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) is British racing's governing and regulatory body and is responsible for the safety of racehorses at British racecourses. The BHA works alongside the RSPCA and World Horse Welfare to make horseracing as safe as possible. Officials from Defra engage with these organisations on such matters.

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