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Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN HL3970, tabled on 8 December 2016

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999.

Answered on

21 December 2016

The Government proposes to modernise the laws on Animal Establishments Licensing Schemes including the laws that regulate dog breeding and selling. This proposal was supported by the majority of those that responded to our earlier public consultation.