Question follow-through · 61010
Animal Breeding
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a national register of breeders to improve safeguards against animal abuse.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 26 Jun 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a national register of breeders to improve safeguards against animal abuse.
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jun 2025
Answer published
In relation to dogs, under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (the Regulations), commercial and high-volume dog breeders must hold a licence issued by their local authority. Licensees must meet strict...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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