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Cats: Smuggling

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Question for Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

UIN 14252, tabled on 16 February 2024

Question

Patricia Gibson
Scottish National Party
North Ayrshire and Arran
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban cat and kitten smuggling.

Answer

Mark Spencer
Conservative
Sherwood
Commons

Answered on

27 February 2024

As outlined in our 2021 Action Plan for Animal Welfare, the Government has an ambitious agenda for animal welfare and conservation reforms, which we are taking forward during this Parliamentary session. We will continue to introduce and support legislative and non-legislative reforms where possible.

We are aware that Selaine Saxby MP has introduced a Private Members’ Bill on restricting the importation and non-commercial movement of dogs, cats and ferrets. In accordance with Parliamentary convention, the Government will set out its formal position on this Bill when it receives its Second Reading.

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