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Animal Welfare

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

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

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

  2. 19 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    As set out in the Animal Welfare Strategy, Defra will launch a consultation on licensing domestic rescue and rehoming organisations. The consultation will include a consideration of the potential impacts on the sector.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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