Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 105015
Animal Breeding: Animal Welfare
Tabled: 12 January 2026
Answered: 20 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Vikki Slade
Liberal Democrat — Mid 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 EagleUnder 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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