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Domestic Animals: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of social media and advertising on demand for brachycephalic breeds.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
13 Apr 2026
Answer
14 Apr 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of social media and advertising on demand for brachycephalic breeds.

  2. 13 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Dog breeders licensed under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) Regulations are prohibited from breeding dogs if it can be reasonably expected that on the basis of their genotype, phenotype or health, this would lead to welfare ...

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