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Commons Chamber
Pet Abduction Bill
Report stage - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Christopher Chope (Con - Christchurch) 10% of the 9.5 million dogs in this country are not microchipped. - Speech Link
2: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) It would also exclude certain working dogs, such as police and Army dogs, that do not have to be microchipped - Speech Link
3: Lisa Cameron (Con - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) valuable, but because the fate of some of the dogs was heinous. - Speech Link
4: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) In the UK, around 90% of dogs have been microchipped. - Speech Link
5: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) regularly contains correspondence from constituents who have concerns about animal welfare, be it puppy smuggling - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Mon 18 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) Gentleman for his intervention, but at the end of the day, we cannot legislate to turn dogs into cats - Speech Link
2: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) police unit, an intelligence-sharing security partnership with Europol, in order to smash the criminal smuggling - Speech Link
3: None The latest victim of the smuggling gangs was a seven-year-old girl, whose overloaded boat capsized in - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 15 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) Dogs Trust exposed the cruel puppy smuggling trade in 2014 and has been pushing for changes to the law - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) They have been smuggling dogs, cats and ferrets to such an extent that more than 500 instances of non-compliance - Speech Link
3: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) That highlighted its decade of work on ending puppy smuggling. - Speech Link
4: Steve Reed (LAB - Croydon North) Cracking down on the illegal smuggling of dogs and puppies was a commitment that appeared in the 2019 - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 14 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) the Member for Penrith and The Border (Dr Hudson) on extending the neutering deadline for XL Bully dogs - Speech Link
2: Robert Courts (Con - Witney) Gentleman is quite right that the country faces a major challenge from the cruel people-smuggling gangs - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2023 - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) I would imagine that most pet owners would be horrified at the concept of keeping their dogs and cats - Speech Link
2: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) I chaired the EFRA Committee in the other place, we took a lot of evidence on the import of illegal dogs - Speech Link
3: Lord Hope of Craighead (XB - Life peer) It is quite a serious issue, as we have seen with XL bully dogs. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Social Media Access in Prisons - Mon 26 Feb 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) of possessing a communications device in a prison without authorisation, while those who are caught smuggling - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage - Mon 12 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hamwee (LD - Life peer) There is a notable omission from the exposition of the Government’s policy—and that is tackling people smuggling - Speech Link
2: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) It is right to want to reduce people smuggling, but, if the Bill is to have a positive impact, it will - Speech Link
3: Lord Garnier (Con - Life peer) It can pass a law saying that all dogs are cats, but that does not make all dogs cats. - Speech Link
4: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) We cannot legislate that apples are pears, or cats are dogs. - Speech Link
5: Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) At this time I am usually putting my dogs out, but on this occasion I have the pleasure of addressing - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 29 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) intelligence cell and French law enforcement partners have dismantled 82 criminal gangs responsible for people smuggling - Speech Link
2: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) number of National Crime Agency officers, the law enforcement body responsible for fighting back against smuggling - Speech Link
3: Lord German (LD - Life peer) fails to provide safe and legal routes for refugees; and(5) fails to include measures to tackle people smuggling - Speech Link
4: Lord Clarke of Nottingham (Con - Life peer) sovereignty of Parliament, could claim that the colour black is the same as the colour white, that all dogs - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Criminal smuggling gangs are continuing to turn a profit using small boats. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Action Against Houthi Maritime Attacks - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lord True (Con - Life peer) into specifics, but there is work going on by the international coalition to seek to prevent weapons smuggling - Speech Link
2: Lord Howell of Guildford (Con - Life peer) motive is that they want to assert, against the opinion of the Saudis and others, that they are the top dogs - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Pet Abduction Bill
2nd reading - Fri 19 Jan 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) Tilly’s Angels unites owners with lost dogs and cats. - Speech Link
2: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) landing at Dogs Trust and the Battersea Dogs & Cats Home because people can no longer afford to - Speech Link
3: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) We have Waltham Forest for Cats and Waltham Forest 4 Dogs. - Speech Link
4: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) of farm animals; puppy smuggling; cruel mutilation such as ear and tail cropping; and the pain of pet - Speech Link