PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(18 June 2026)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Animal Welfare Strategy for England, published on 22 December 2025, what her Department's planned timetable is for launching the consultation on dog breeding.
Asked by:
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Asked by:
Steve Darling (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
This Government is committed to ending puppy farming and the low welfare breeding of dogs. As part of the Animal Welfare Strategy, this Government has committed to launch a consultation on dog breeding reform. Next steps will be announced in due course.
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