Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 89119

Greyhounds: Animal Welfare

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of amending the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010 to include dog nose prints as an means of identifying raci

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
One of the original objectives of the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulations 2010 was to improve the traceability of greyhounds in England during and after their racing life. The 2010 Regulations therefore require all greyhounds racing in England to be ...

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