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Cats: Tagging

Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 74535, tabled on 31 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the compulsory microchipping of pet cats.

Answered on

8 November 2022

We plan to lay regulations by the end of 2022 which will bring compulsory cat microchipping into force after a transition period.