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

May. 24 2024

Source Page: Pet Abduction Bill becomes law
Document: Pet Abduction Bill becomes law (webpage)

Found: The new law recognises that cats and dogs are not inanimate objects but sentient beings capable of experiencing

Select Committee
Cats Protection
 PWA0066 - Pet welfare and abuse

Written Evidence May. 24 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: PWA0066 - Pet welfare and abuse Cats Protection Written Evidence

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Standards and Testing Agency

May. 24 2024

Source Page: Key stage 2 tests: 2024 English reading test materials
Document: (PDF)

Found: . • it smelled of cats • there was a strong smell of one of the cat family • the strong feline odour

Lords Chamber
Pet Abduction Bill - Fri 24 May 2024
No Department present

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

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

May. 20 2024

Source Page: Export of live animals banned
Document: Export of live animals banned (webpage)

Found: The Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill – also supported by government – which will

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

May. 17 2024

Source Page: International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI
Document: (PDF)

Found: For instance, if an AI trained mostly on pictures of white cats labels a black cat as a 'dog', it is

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
AI Safety Institute

May. 17 2024

Source Page: International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI
Document: (PDF)

Found: For instance, if an AI trained mostly on pictures of white cats labels a black cat as a 'dog', it is

Commons Chamber
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill
Report stage - Fri 17 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) more endangered species, passed the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, introduced microchipping for cats - Speech Link

Written Question
Cats and Dogs: Electronic Training Aids
Friday 17th May 2024

Asked by: Gill Furniss (Labour - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his planned timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals to ban the use of electronic shock collars on (a) cats and (b) dogs.

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

The Government remains committed to banning electronic training collars controlled by hand-held devices that administer electric shocks to cats or dogs.

We will pursue new regulations to deliver this commitment on a revised timeline. Parliamentary business will be announced in the usual way.

Lords Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Association, Shelter, Crisis, Citizens Advice, London Councils, Universities UK, Battersea Dogs & Cats - Speech Link