Animal Breeding: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 105015 · Tabled 12 Jan 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Vikki Slade
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help reduce the breeding of animals who are genetically predisposed to brachycephaly.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 20 Jan 2026
Under The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 anyone breeding dogs and advertising a business of selling dogs and/or who breeds three or more litters of puppies in a twelve-month period must have a licence...