Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 127157

Animal Welfare: Public Consultation

Tabled: 14 April 2026

Answered: 21 April 2026

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 105309 on Animal Welfare, when her Department plans to launch the consultation on licensing domestic rescue and rehoming organisat

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

The Government has committed to launch a consultation on licensing domestic rescue and rehoming organisations, as set out in the Animal Welfare Strategy published on 22 December 2025. This will be delivered in due course and will seek views from all those...

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