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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department's review of the Welfare of Racing Greyhounds Regulation planned for 2015 will take place before the General Election.

The Welfare of Greyhound Regulations 2010 are set for review five years after they were made in April 2010. Defra is beginning the review now by gathering evidence on the operation of the regulations with a view to completing the review after the General Election in May 2015.