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Commons Chamber
A Brighter Future for the Next Generation - Thu 13 May 2021
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Edward Leigh (CON - Gainsborough) I believe that the only way to stop that is to make it a criminal offence to try to enter this country - Speech Link
2: Steve McCabe (LAB - Birmingham, Selly Oak) Our custodial settings are full of people with speech, language and communication difficulties which - Speech Link
3: Henry Smith (CON - Crawley) on people who want to provide a loving home to a pet. - 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: Edward Timpson (CON - Eddisbury) chance to consider what more we can do to tackle the growing and devastating scourge of pet theft, which - Speech Link
3: Jeff Smith (LAB - Manchester, Withington) Why not make street harassment a crime? - Speech Link
4: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) Labour’s proposals to increase minimum sentences for rapists and stalkers, to make misogyny a hate crime - Speech Link
5: John Hayes (CON - South Holland and The Deepings) weakening deterrence and undermining public trust.Typically, custodial sentences are drastically reduced - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Alex Davies-Jones (LAB - Pontypridd) huge impact on the incidence of pet theft, as the hon. - Speech Link
2: Neil Hudson (CON - Penrith and The Border) deterring people from pet and animal theft. - Speech Link
3: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) custodial sentence for the crime can realistically hope to help mitigate the growing problem.It is also - Speech Link
4: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) on pet theft needs to be updated. - Speech Link
5: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) On pet theft generally, raised by a number of hon. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Iain Duncan Smith (CON - Chingford and Woodford Green) Pet theft currently sits hidden from view under HOC49, alongside things that do not have a home, such - Speech Link
2: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) I strongly support the points about pet theft made by my right hon. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Wed 03 Feb 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) offence is so aggravated.”This amendment would make an offence covered by this Bill more serious for - Speech Link
2: None This simple amendment would make it a more serious animal cruelty offence for the purpose of sentencing - Speech Link
3: Tom Hunt (CON - Ipswich) For example, on pet theft recently, it has not listened to the sentiments of many Members and the public - Speech Link
4: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) Friend has campaigned hard on pet theft, and he and I have enjoyed debating it on many occasions. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 23 Oct 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Tom Hunt (CON - Ipswich) of pet theft actually end up receiving a custodial sentence. - Speech Link
2: Jane Stevenson (CON - Wolverhampton North East) The impact of that is devastating on owners and I still feel that we need a specific offence for pet - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Pet Theft - Mon 19 Oct 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Tom Hunt (CON - Ipswich) Making pet theft a specific offence, as the petitions call for, would elevate pet theft to a category - Speech Link
2: Peter Gibson (CON - Darlington) I believe that a specific offence of pet theft or, at the very least, specific sentencing guidance based - Speech Link
3: David Amess (CON - Southend West) It is absolutely ridiculous.The Government must amend the Theft Act 1968 and make pet theft a specific - Speech Link
4: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) offence for pet theft, with a two-year custodial penalty, would really help much. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Public Services - Wed 16 Oct 2019
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Priti Patel (CON - Witham) This Bill will ensure that where a person is wanted by the police for a serious offence in all trusted - Speech Link
2: Priti Patel (CON - Witham) second chance and an opportunity to rebuild their lives after a custodial sentence. - Speech Link
3: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) sit down with victims of knife crime when they come into A&E and make an intervention at that vulnerable - Speech Link
4: Justin Madders (LAB - Ellesmere Port and Neston) obtain consent to have a pet in their own home. - Speech Link
5: Christian Matheson (LAB - City of Chester) custodial sentences, despite the fact that they admit that the probation service is a complete mess - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Dog Meat in the UK - Thu 21 Feb 2019
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Members here to make a contribution to this debate on a very important issue.Like my hon. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) a pet dog or cat will know, they can, and do, take up a lot of our lives. - Speech Link
3: Giles Watling (CON - Clacton) a pet who heard what I just said about animals, and what the hon. - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) That is enforced in England by the Novel Foods (England) Regulations 2018, which make it an offence to - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Pet Theft - Mon 02 Jul 2018
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Gareth Johnson (CON - Dartford) sentences available for this kind of offence. - Speech Link
2: Gareth Johnson (CON - Dartford) specific offence of dog theft. - Speech Link
3: Ross Thomson (CON - Aberdeen South) We need to change the law to make pet theft a serious criminal offence in its own right, punishable at - Speech Link
4: Bill Grant (CON - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) theft to be classified as a specific crime, with pets recognised as sentient beings, rather than simply - Speech Link