Question follow-through · 13591
Dogs: Meat
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to outlaw the consumption of dog meat.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to outlaw the consumption of dog meat.
13 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Government has seen no evidence that dog meat is being sold or consumed in this country. There are strict rules for food businesses on the slaughter and production of meat for human consumption in the United Kingdom and dog or cat meat would not be pe...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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