Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 80725

Greyhounds: Exports

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Claire Hazelgrove

LabourFilton and Bradley Stoke

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on the animal welfare of greyhounds exported to (a) China, (b) Pakistan and (c) elsewhere.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
The Department is not aware that there is a widespread problem with the welfare of greyhounds being exported to a) China, b) Pakistan or c) elsewhere.