Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) end third-party sales of puppies and (b) regulate adverts relating to the private sale of puppies.

We are currently reviewing the animal activities licensing schemes, including the breeding and selling of pet animals. We will, in due course, publish a document setting out our proposals for modernising the animal activities licensing schemes.