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Public Bill Committees
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventeenth sitting)
Committee stage: 17th sitting - Tue 22 Jun 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Cunningham (LAB - Stockton North) New clauses 6 to 8 would work as a package to create a new specific offence of pet theft, punishable - Speech Link
2: Sarah Champion (LAB - Rotherham) theft have called for pet theft to be made a specific offence and they are right to do so. - Speech Link
3: Chris Philp (CON - Croydon South) it should be.As we have heard, the theft of a pet is currently a criminal offence under the Theft Act - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Protecting the Public and Justice for Victims - Wed 09 Jun 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Robert Neill (CON - Bromley and Chislehurst) we are going to have a discussion about specific nomenclature the truth is that, whether we talk about - Speech Link
2: David Lammy (LAB - Tottenham) Convictions for rape, robbery, theft, criminal damage, arson, drug offences and fraud have fallen to - Speech Link
3: Robert Buckland (CON - South Swindon) going further to expand; outlawing upskirting; creating a criminal offence of stalking, which I and - Speech Link
4: James Cartlidge (CON - South Suffolk) I declare an interest: as someone who had never previously owned a dog, I was fortunate that my family - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Animal Welfare - Mon 07 Jun 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) it clear that arranging to take a dog abroad for the purposes of cropping is an offence. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) walk with a two-year-old Dachshund by a man who offered to buy her dog. - Speech Link
3: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) There is a real boom in dog ear cropping—a disgusting criminal activity—so the cross-party message needs - Speech Link
4: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) The pet theft taskforce, launched just under a month ago and due to report later this year, is an example - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Eighth sitting)
Committee stage: 8th sitting - Thu 27 May 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Victoria Atkins (CON - Louth and Horncastle) evidence of a criminal offence will be found. - Speech Link
2: Sarah Jones (LAB - Croydon Central) Pre-charge bail can be broken and, as this is not a specific criminal offence, the custody clock can - Speech Link
3: Sarah Jones (LAB - Croydon Central) stand-alone criminal offence. - Speech Link
4: None 16 or 17-year-old in their care, it is a criminal offence. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Tue 18 May 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (LAB - Life peer) Convictions for rape, robbery, theft, criminal damage and arson, drug offences and fraud have fallen - Speech Link
2: Baroness Fullbrook (CON - Life peer) Therefore, I support the measures to create the criminal offence of residing in a vehicle on land without - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chakrabarti (LAB - Life peer) It is an illiberal dog whistle at a time when the Government should be attempting greater post-pandemic - Speech Link
4: Lord Carlile of Berriew (CB - Life peer) It is to avoid—to circumvent—the necessity of proving a specific crime or criminal intent by foreign - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
2nd reading Day 2 - Tue 16 Mar 2021
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Tracey Crouch (CON - Chatham and Aylesford) offence and stronger punishment for pet theft. - Speech Link
2: Gagan Mohindra (CON - South West Hertfordshire) It will make trespass a criminal offence, and it has a significant effect on law-abiding communities. - Speech Link
3: James Wild (CON - North West Norfolk) Extending the offence of arranging a child sex crime will close a gap in criminal law. - Speech Link
4: David Amess (CON - Southend West) acts of trespass a criminal rather than a civil offence, has been successful. - Speech Link
5: David Lammy (LAB - Tottenham) The Government would rather blow a dog whistle against minorities than make women safe. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Covid-19: Animal Welfare - Tue 16 Mar 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: James Daly (CON - Bury North) criminal defence solicitor for 16 years before coming to Parliament. - Speech Link
2: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) Secondly, learning the lesson from Baby’s law, we should consider introducing the aggravating offence - Speech Link
3: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) On pet theft generally, raised by a number of hon. - Speech Link
4: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) It is illegal and unlawful to mutilate a dog. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
2nd reading Day 1 - Mon 15 Mar 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Priti Patel (CON - Witham) As we pledged in our manifesto, we will make it a criminal offence to live in a vehicle on land without - Speech Link
2: Harriet Harman (LAB - Camberwell and Peckham) Let us make that a criminal offence. - Speech Link
3: Philip Davies (CON - Shipley) As was mentioned earlier, I would like to see a specific offence for assaulting shop workers and other - Speech Link
4: Iain Duncan Smith (CON - Chingford and Woodford Green) Friend.There have been reports of a huge, 250% increase in dog-theft crimes in a number of counties, - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 04 Mar 2021
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) Will the Leader of the House make a statement as to how he thinks his Government can address the specific - Speech Link
2: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) I do not think, however, that it would be sensible to devise a specific strategy on this, because we - Speech Link
3: Philip Hollobone (CON - Kettering) 170% increase in the number of dog thefts during the pandemic, a crime that brings immense distress to - Speech Link
4: Jacob Rees-Mogg (CON - North East Somerset) The theft of a pet is a criminal offence under the Theft Act 1968 and carries a maximum penalty of seven - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Financial Services Bill
Committee stage - Wed 03 Mar 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Garnier (CON - Life peer) , a commercial organisation—commits an offence if a person associated with it commits an “economic criminal - Speech Link
2: None I am doubtful about adding a new corporate offence of a failure to prevent an economic criminal offence - Speech Link
3: Baroness Kramer (LDEM - Life peer) The reply was, “It’s one man and a dog.” It is hideously underresourced. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Penn (CON - Life peer) A new offence will also need to be designed rigorously with specific consideration given to how it sits - Speech Link