Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 105015

Animal Breeding: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 12 January 2026
Answered: 20 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal DemocratMid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help reduce the breeding of animals who are genetically predisposed to brachycephaly.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Under The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 anyone breeding dogs and advertising a business of selling dogs and/or who breeds three or more litters of puppies in a twelve-month period must have a licence...

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