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Wed 23rd May 2012

Dangerous Dogs

Debate between Chris Evans and John Pugh
Wednesday 23rd May 2012

(12 years, 7 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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Chris Evans Portrait Chris Evans
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Absolutely. Unless dog control orders can be enforced and policed, they do not mean anything.

Therefore, instead of dog control orders, the Government could have followed the example of the Scottish Government who have introduced dog control notices. The Northern Ireland Assembly has also introduced control notices as a way of monitoring the behaviour of dog owners.

John Pugh Portrait John Pugh (Southport) (LD)
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The hon. Gentleman dismisses microchipping, but presumably if it were made compulsory with proper enforcement, there is also a case for dogs, particularly dangerous dogs, being confiscated from people who do not have them microchipped.

Chris Evans Portrait Chris Evans
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That is it in a nutshell. If people had dangerous dogs that were not microchipped, they could be confiscated.