Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 45994

Cats: Animal Breeding

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 25 April 2025

Question

James Naish

Labour — Rushcliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Animal Welfare Committee’s December 2024 report recommendation to ban any further delibera

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The Government welcomes the Animal Welfare Committee’s Opinion on the welfare implications of current and emergent feline breeding practices. We are carefully considering the Committee’s recommendations.