Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82928
Dogs: Animal Breeding
Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 23 October 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for his policies of variations in licence fees set by local authorities for dog breeding.
Answer
Dame Angela EagleUnder The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (the Regulations), a local authority can charge such fees as it considers reasonable to meet its statutory licensing responsibilities. The Regulations require ...
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