| Heading: |
Animal Breeding |
| Question ID: |
1814132 |
| UIN: |
61010 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-18 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5051 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Kevin Bonavia
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| Asking Member handle: |
kevinbonavia
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@kevinbonavia
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a national register of breeders to improve safeguards against animal abuse. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-26 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
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| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
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| Answer text: |
In relation to dogs, under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (the Regulations), commercial and high-volume dog breeders must hold a licence issued by their local authority. Licensees must meet strict... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |