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Animal Welfare: Charities

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 11 March 2026UIN 117402

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department’s planned timeline is for the publication of its consultation on the licensing, regulation and inspection of domestic rescue and rehoming organisations in England.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Animal Welfare strategy sets out Government priorities until 2030. Policies will be delivered throughout this time. Next steps on the consultation will be announced in due course.

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