Select Committee

Second Report - Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide

Report Feb. 29 2024

Committee: Health and Social Care Committee (Department: Department of Health and Social Care)

Found: Portugal: “Portuguese parliament legalises euthanasia after long battle”.

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Closed Petition closed 30th May 2024

Introduce new legal requirements for vets prior to euthanasia of dogs & cats - Final Signatures: 22,746

Despite changes to the RCVS Code of Conduct dogs/cats can still legally be euthanised without being scanned. In non-emergencies, we want vets to be legally required to scan microchips prior to euthanasia for RBU and confirm the person presenting the animal is registered on the microchip.

The Government responsed to this petition on 19th April 2024 (View Full Response)
Vets are already required to scan a dog’s microchip prior to euthanasia where they consider it is not necessary on health or welfare grounds and check for alternative contacts.

Found: non-emergency situation - Confirm RBU/keeper on original database of unknown animals presented for euthanasia

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Written Question

Dogs: Euthanasia

Friday 9th February 2024

Asked by: Mark Eastwood (Conservative - Dewsbury)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to prevent euthanisation of healthy dogs in (a) Dewsbury constituency and (b) the UK.

Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

In 2021, we worked closely with the veterinary profession to provide greater assurance that alternatives to euthanasia are explored before a healthy dog is put down. Following these discussions, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons agreed that vets should scan the microchip in these circumstances to check whether anyone else has an interest in the dog who might provide an alternative to euthanasia. This has been included in the guidance underpinning the Code of Professional Conduct. This applies to all veterinary surgeons practising in the United Kingdom.

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Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Feb. 08 2024

Source Page: Information regarding the number of XL Bully applications - FOI2024/01163
Document: FOI response: Information regarding the number of XL Bully applications - FOI2024/01163 (PDF)

Found: application and lifetime record management. 5) The number of applications for the £200 refund for Euthanasia

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Select Committee

Pet People Veterinary Care

PWA0062 - Pet welfare and abuse

Written Evidence Feb. 07 2024

Inquiry: Post-pandemic health and welfare concerns of companion animals, including abuse and mutilation
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: (but more expensive) treatment for illnesses and injury. 15.In some cases, owners have chosen euthanasia

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Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Feb. 02 2024

Source Page: XL Bully payments - FOI2024/00066
Document: FOI response: XL Bully payments - FOI2024/00066 (PDF)

Found: confirm how many payments have been made to claimants as part of the government's offer to subsidise euthanasia

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Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Feb. 02 2024

Source Page: XL Bully payments - FOI2024/00066
Document: XL Bully payments - FOI2024/00066 (webpage)

Found: 2 pages Details Information regarding XL Bully payments as part of the offer to subsidise euthanasia

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Lords Chamber
Holocaust Memorial Day - Fri 02 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) He wrote and spoke movingly about how his church initially supported the Nazis in euthanasia, then slowly - Speech Link

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