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937571

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date	09/07/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has plans to amend the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 to extend licensing to rescue centres.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	161973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Defra undertook a call for evidence in order to form a well-grounded understanding of the case for banning the third party sale of puppies and kittens, and of how such a ban should best be designed and implemented. The evidence we have obtained has valuably shaped the reforms which will formally be proposed via a consultation. Defra is working with a range of organisations, including the Canine and Feline Sector Group, to consider the impacts of a possible ban, including the impacts on rescue and rehoming centres. Any proposal to bring such centres into the scheme of licensing under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 would be subject to full public consultation. Any rescue centre that operates commercially and offers animals for a fixed fee in England would be in scope of being licensed as a commercial pet seller under the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 161972 161974 161975 161976 161977 question first answered 17/07/2018 15:26:26 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

937578

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans his Department has to bring forward legislative proposals to regulate animal rescue centres.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	161976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Defra undertook a call for evidence in order to form a well-grounded understanding of the case for banning the third party sale of puppies and kittens, and of how such a ban should best be designed and implemented. The evidence we have obtained has valuably shaped the reforms which will formally be proposed via a consultation. Defra is working with a range of organisations, including the Canine and Feline Sector Group, to consider the impacts of a possible ban, including the impacts on rescue and rehoming centres. Any proposal to bring such centres into the scheme of licensing under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 would be subject to full public consultation. Any rescue centre that operates commercially and offers animals for a fixed fee in England would be in scope of being licensed as a commercial pet seller under the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 161972 161973 161974 161975 161977 question first answered 17/07/2018 15:26:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

937580

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Animal Welfare
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing pet vending licences for animal rescue centres.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	161977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Defra undertook a call for evidence in order to form a well-grounded understanding of the case for banning the third party sale of puppies and kittens, and of how such a ban should best be designed and implemented. The evidence we have obtained has valuably shaped the reforms which will formally be proposed via a consultation. Defra is working with a range of organisations, including the Canine and Feline Sector Group, to consider the impacts of a possible ban, including the impacts on rescue and rehoming centres. Any proposal to bring such centres into the scheme of licensing under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 would be subject to full public consultation. Any rescue centre that operates commercially and offers animals for a fixed fee in England would be in scope of being licensed as a commercial pet seller under the regulations.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice grouped question UIN 161972 161973 161974 161975 161976 question first answered 17/07/2018 15:26:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew