Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 22536 · Tabled 7 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the conclusions within his Department's Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Englan
Answer
Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 14 Jan 2025
Under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (the 2018 Regulations), anyone in the business of breeding and selling cats as pets needs to have a valid licence issued by their local authority. Licensees mu...