Question follow-through · 1422
Domestic Animals: Animal Breeding
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the breeding of brachycephalic animals.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 27 May 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the breeding of brachycephalic animals.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
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27 May 2026
Answer published
Licensed dog breeders in England cannot breed a dog if it can be reasonably expected that this would lead to welfare problems for the mother or puppies. In the Animal Welfare Strategy, Defra committed to consult on reform to improve the welfare of breedin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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