Dogs: Animal Welfare
Commons · Question 128953 · Tabled 21 Apr 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome in dogs in the UK.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 29 Apr 2026
Dog breeders licensed under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) Regulations are prohibited from breeding dogs if it can be reasonably expected that on the basis of their genotype, phenotype or health, this would lead to welfare ...