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Cats: Animal Breeding

Commons · Question 45998 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 25 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Steve Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Animal Welfare Committee’s December 2024 recommendation on banning the importation of any

Answer

Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 25 Apr 2025

The Government welcomes the Animal Welfare Committee’s Opinion on the welfare implications of current and emergent feline breeding practices. We are carefully considering the Committee’s recommendations.