Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 41341
Dogs: Animal Breeding and Smuggling
Tabled: 25 March 2025
Answered: 1 April 2025
Question
Neil Duncan-Jordan
Labour — Poole
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to introduce robust traceability of dogs across the UK.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerCompulsory dog microchipping was introduced in England in 2016. All dogs must be microchipped before they are eight weeks old and relevant information including breeder details recorded with a Defra-compliant database operator which helps support traceabi...
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