Dangerous Dogs
Debate between John Pugh and Chris Evans(12 years, 6 months ago)
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Chris Evans
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 (Southport) (LD)
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
That is it in a nutshell. If people had dangerous dogs that were not microchipped, they could be confiscated.