Question follow-through · 64718
Animal Breeding: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered reforming the Licensing of Activities Involving Animals Regulations 2018 to introduce a tiered system that distinguishes between (a) low and (b) h
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 3 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered reforming the Licensing of Activities Involving Animals Regulations 2018 to introduce a tiered system that distinguishes between (a) low and (b) h
7 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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10 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 require anyone in the business of breeding and selling dogs and/or who breeds three or more litters in a twelve-month period to hold a valid licence. Defra has compl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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