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Cats: Animal Breeding

Asked by Laurence TurnerLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 21 July 2025UIN 68586

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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37879 on Cats: Animal Breeding, what progress he has made in reviewing the recommendations of the Animal Welfare Committee Opinion o

Answered by Daniel Zeichner

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

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