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Parliamentary Research
Pet Abduction Bill 2023-24 - CBP-9929
Jan. 11 2024

Found: Authors Georgina Sturge, Pet theft statistics, Social and General Statistics Image Credits Happy dogs

Written Question
Dogs: Imports
Monday 8th January 2024

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs were imported under the Balai Directive in each month of (a) 2022 and (b) 2023; and from which country did these dogs originate.

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

The information requested is provided in the attachment to this answer.

It is a true reflection of the information that we have access to at this time. This information is drawn from external systems not directly controlled by the department.

Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 18 Dec 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Ruth Jones (Lab - Newport West) Newport West to Newcastle-under-Lyme, from High Peak to the highlands, are not undercut by low welfare imports - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We have criminal puppy-smuggling gangs bringing dogs across from the Republic of Ireland into Northern - Speech Link
3: Steve Tuckwell (Con - Uxbridge and South Ruislip) I have had the opportunity to engage directly with various animal welfare organisations such as the Dogs - Speech Link
4: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) production are only half the picture unless we demand those same animal welfare standards are applied to imports - Speech Link

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Constitution Directorate

Dec. 16 2023

Source Page: Correspondence in relation to offshore wind: FOI release
Document: FOI - 202300344494 - Information release (PDF)

Found: Many of their new brands are designed to mimic Scottish, Irish and American imports hit by a partial

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

Dec. 04 2023

Source Page: New legislation set to ban live animal exports
Document: Action Plan for Animal Welfare (PDF)

Found: For pets, microchipping became mandatory for dogs in 2015, we modernised our licensing system for a

Select Committee
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Oral Evidence Nov. 28 2023

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: Marc Casale: There are close links not just on the breeding side but also for imports and puppy smuggling

Westminster Hall
Legislation on Dangerous Dogs - Mon 27 Nov 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Nick Fletcher (Con - Don Valley) the breed to the list of dogs banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. - Speech Link
2: Nick Fletcher (Con - Don Valley) We have banned other dogs in the past, and these dogs are obviously dangerous, so who would not want - Speech Link
3: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) attacking their dogs. - Speech Link
4: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) UK Government to return the kept animals Bill to Parliament, to restrict unethical puppy farming and imports - Speech Link

Select Committee
Heathrow Animal Reception Centre
 PWA0079 - Pet welfare and abuse

Written Evidence Nov. 21 2023

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: There are daily occurrences of commercial imports of dogs and cats that are actually genuine pets.

Non-Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Border Force

Nov. 20 2023

Source Page: Submit a pleasure craft report
Document: Form c1331: non-UK voyages (PDF)

Found: Full details can be found at www.gov.uk/personal-food-plant-and-animal-product-imports Plants, some

Bill Documents
14 Nov 2023 - Explanatory Notes
Bill 010 EN 2023-24 - large print
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24

Found: This prosecutorial discretion imports flexibility into the application of the criminal lifestyle provisions