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Cats: Animal Breeding

Asked by Ruth JonesLabourDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 23 April 2026UIN 127816

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has plans to help stop the breeding of cats with extreme physical traits associated with adverse health and welfare outcomes.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 19 March 2026 to the hon. Member for Spen Valley to PQ UIN 121026.

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