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Animal Welfare: Licensing

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 102524

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which public body will oversee mandatory licensing for domestic rescue and rehoming organisations.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Defra will launch a consultation on licensing domestic rescue and rehoming organisations, including on how such a scheme should be administered, in due course.

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