Question follow-through · 103667

Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure consistent animal welfare standards in animal rescue and rehoming centres.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
8 Jan 2026
Answer
13 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure consistent animal welfare standards in animal rescue and rehoming centres.

  2. 8 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    As set out in the Animal Welfare Strategy, Defra will launch a consultation on licensing domestic rescue and rehoming organisations.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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