Question follow-through · 76353
Dogs: Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the animal welfare strategy will include a commitment to help end the illegal puppy smuggling trade.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 23 Sept 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the animal welfare strategy will include a commitment to help end the illegal puppy smuggling trade.
16 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Sept 2025
Answer published
As outlined in our manifesto, the Government is committed to ending puppy smuggling. That is why we are supporting the Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill. This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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