Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 64718

Animal Breeding: Licensing

Tabled: 3 July 2025
Answered: 10 July 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

Reform UK — Romford

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered reforming the Licensing of Activities Involving Animals Regulations 2018 to introduce a tiered system that distinguishes between (a) low and (b) h

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 require anyone in the business of breeding and selling dogs and/or who breeds three or more litters in a twelve-month period to hold a valid licence. Defra has compl...
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