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Sale of Puppies and Kittens

Debate between Alison Seabeck and Robert Flello
Thursday 4th September 2014

(10 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Flello Portrait Robert Flello
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Resources are absolutely an issue for local authorities, but the strategy I am outlining will help without requiring additional resources—it simply says that a high street pet shop cannot sell kittens or puppies.

Alison Seabeck Portrait Alison Seabeck (Plymouth, Moor View) (Lab)
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Hundreds of my constituents are grateful for today’s debate, so I thank my hon. Friend for securing it. He mentioned the temperaments of puppies and their mothers. Many breeders, particularly of Staffordshire Bull-type dogs, will deliberately remove the puppies sooner in order to instil in them a temperament to suit the purpose they have for them. Does my hon. Friend agree that that is abhorrent?

Robert Flello Portrait Robert Flello
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This shows the danger in trying to make a very short speech, because a speech on this issue could easily cover several hours. However, my hon. Friend makes an extremely good point.