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Cats: Animal Welfare

Commons · Question 19768 · Tabled 12 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Ruth Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 in regulating the welfare of c

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 17 Dec 2024

Under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018, anyone in the business of breeding and selling cats as pets, boarding cats or using cats for exhibition purposes needs to have a valid licence issued by their...