Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 75781

Dogs: Animal Breeding

Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of regulations on dog breeding; and what steps she is taking to tackle illegal puppy farming.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Defra undertook a post-implementation review of The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018, which was published in December 2024. The Government is considering the findings, as well, as the recommendations in...

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