Cats: Tagging
(asked on 6th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to bring compulsory microchipping of pet cats into force.
Answered by
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 25th January 2023
We plan to lay regulations soon which will bring compulsory cat microchipping into force in England. One in force, cat keepers will have 12 months to comply with the new requirements.