Puppy Smuggling

Thank you for pointing that out. It is not in order for the Minister not to be present. In the ci...

The sitting is resumed and I invite Mr Huddleston to restart his speech.

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the matter of puppy smuggling.

Thank yo...

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and also for securing this really important debate. He talk...

My hon. Friend makes an important point, and I will come to some of the recommendations later on....

On that specific point, there is a particular issue with the Irish border; it is estimated that a...

The hon. Lady is making another very important point. Of course, there are particular sensitiviti...

Does my hon. Friend agree that unscrupulous dealers are now taking advantage of the pet travel sc...

I thank my hon. Friend for making that point; indeed, I am just about to come on to it. I think w...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way; he rightly identifies the large sums of money that can...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for making that point. Indeed, many and various recommendations ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way. Is it not also the case that as well as increasin...

I thank my right hon. Friend for raising that point; I am sure that the Minister is listening to ...

I congratulate the hon. Member on securing his second debate on this vital issue. My constituency...

I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention; indeed, I also pay tribute to the Battersea Dogs and...

I recently spoke to a constituent who had driven 200 miles to pick up a French bulldog puppy. It ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for making that point and I will be coming on to that issue in a momen...

I am grateful to my hon. Gentleman for giving way and I congratulate him on securing this debate....

I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention; indeed, one of the recommendations that I will come ...

The debate can last until 5.40 pm. I am obliged to call the Front-Bench spokespeople no later tha...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate the hon. Member f...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone.

I care a great deal about ...

I am delighted to speak in this debate, and I thank the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire (Nigel...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Worcestershire (Nigel Huddleston) on introducing...

Westminster Hall would not be complete without Jim Shannon.

5.3 pm

I congratulate the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire (Nigel Huddleston) on having set the scene,...

This will probably be the fastest speech that you have heard, Mr Hollobone. Does my hon. Friend a...

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and he is absolutely right. That is the focus that w...

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Worcestershire (Nigel Huddleston) for securing this deb...

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Hollobone, and to follow the Chair of the Environmen...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate my hon. Friend th...

I thank you for calling me to speak, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate the hon. Member for Mid Worcest...

I am the hon. Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge.

Sorry. I know my hon. Friend is a Sheffield Wednesday supporter. If the change cannot be brought ...

rose—

Ah! Sir Roger, I am afraid you have only a minute, but you are welcome to it.

5.16 pm

That is fine, Mr Hollobone. I will make three points very quickly in a minute. First, I live 15 m...

It is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate the hon...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will not, because we have little time.

I just want to ask whether the same is being done in Scotland.

I will come to that. That historic change to the legislation will be the first major legislative ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. As other hon. Members have done,...

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair again, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate my hon. Friend the M...

I have raised this point before. At the moment, people can bring in five puppies legally. I do no...

My hon. Friend has been very consistent on this point in Committee and in other meetings, and tha...

Do it!

When?

And we will do it very shortly. This is a huge priority for us. Obviously, it requires primary le...

This spring!

There are plenty of other things going on—I can see hon. Members complaining, but we are moving f...

Get on with it!

We are getting on with it. As many hon. Members have said, we need to look at the effectiveness o...

I just briefly say a very big thank you to so many colleagues, from all nations and all parts of ...