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Cats: Animal Breeding

Asked by James NaishLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 25 April 2025UIN 45994

The question

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 report recommendation to ban any further delibera

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

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.

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