Mentions:
1: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) Tilly’s Angels unites owners with lost dogs and cats. - Speech Link
2: Natalie Elphicke (Con - Dover) They are indoor cats. I would be grateful if my hon. - Speech Link
3: Robert Buckland (Con - South Swindon) Our cat is, of course, a Cats Protection cat. - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) We have already announced the requirement for all owners of cats over 20 weeks to get their cats microchipped - Speech Link
Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to regulate the breeding of cats to protect cats and their kittens.
Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 (the Regulations), anyone in the business of breeding and selling cats as pets needs to have a valid licence issued by their local authority. Licensees must meet strict statutory minimum welfare standards which are enforced by local authorities who have powers to issue, refuse, vary or revoke licences.
Defra has been working on a post-implementation review of the Regulations in line with the requirements of the Regulations’ review clause. This review considers whether the Regulations have met their objectives, and where there could be scope to further improve the protections they provide to breeding cats and their offspring. The review will be published soon.
May. 10 2024
Source Page: Treasured pets to be safer as microchipping deadline approachesFound: With the number of pet cats in England now more than 9 million, the introduction of mandatory microchipping
Mentions:
1: Lord Lexden (Con - Life peer) important and long overdue Bill for those who love animals and, particularly, those who own dogs and cats - Speech Link
Found: Bill 23–EN 58/4 ANIMAL WELFARE (IMPORT OF DOGS , CATS AND FERRETS ) BILL EXPLANATORY NOTES
Found: Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill EXPLANATORY NOTES Explanatory notes to the Bill
Found: Bill 23–EN 58/4 ANIMAL WELFARE (IMPORT OF DOGS , CATS AND FERRETS ) BILL EXPLANATORY NOTES
Jun. 10 2024
Source Page: Cat microchipping now mandatoryFound: With more than 9 million pet cats in England, the introduction of mandatory microchipping will make it
Found: Research Briefing 13 March 2024 By Nikki Sutherland, Sarah Coe Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Wood Green)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking tackle cat theft, in the context of the withdrawal of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
The cross-Government Pet Theft Taskforce published their findings in September 2021 with input from animal welfare groups and experts in relevant fields including the issue of cat theft.
We would be supportive of legislation on pet abduction when parliamentary time allows. We have listened carefully to views expressed on the pet abduction measures during the passage of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill including adding cats. We will take this feedback into consideration when delivering this measure.