Dogs: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 88919 · Tabled 10 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 17 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage (a) dog breeders to undertake health testing before breeding puppies and (b) responsible dog acquisition.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 17 Nov 2025
Under The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018, licensed breeders are prohibited from breeding dogs if it can be reasonably expected that on the basis of their genotype, phenotype or health, this would lead...