Question follow-through · 30084
Cats: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to restrict the sale of cats online.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 17 Feb 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to restrict the sale of cats online.
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Feb 2025
Answer published
Defra endorses the Pet Advertising Advisory Group (PAAG) to combat growing concerns regarding the irresponsible advertising of pets for sale, rehoming, and exchange. PAAG has been engaging with online marketplaces in the UK to help them distinguish approp...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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