Pet Identification

It is a good job Sir Nicholas Winterton is not in the Chair. I ought to explain to hon. Members t...

Thank you, Sir Roger.

I am very grateful to the hon. Member for Bury North (James Frith) for his intervention—he made s...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on having secured this debate. I am an owner of several cats. M...

I thank the hon. Lady for that wonderful personal example, which highlights the problem exactly: ...

To follow up on the hon. Gentleman’s point, this is about joining up policy. The policy and the l...

The hon. Gentleman makes a good point—this is about empathy. What we are calling for is easily at...

There is no question about the success of the compulsory microchipping of dogs. Does the hon. Gen...

The hon. Gentleman makes a very good point. This is not about the safety of the public. It is abo...

I thank the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day) for introducing the debate a...

Of course, some boundaries run down the middle of a major road, which is exactly where an inciden...

I agree entirely. That is why it is important that the rules are applied similarly by every counc...

I referred to Cardiff City Council, a large city council that is also run by Labour. In theory it...

I thank my right hon. Friend for making that point. That is why it is really important not only t...

I heard the hon. Gentleman say that having a cat microchipped is no guarantee that it will be sca...

One thing I have discovered since being elected two years ago is that the public really want prop...

I thank the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day) for bringing forward the deb...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger, and to follow the hon. Member for S...

Like everybody else who has contributed, I am delighted to participate in this debate. I thank th...

I wholeheartedly agree with the hon. Lady. I want to work with her and colleagues to ensure that ...

The hon. Gentleman makes a very good point. A centralised database is particularly important for ...

I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I know that if you were not in the Ch...

Sir Roger, I know that you have a real and sincere interest in this subject, so it must be diffic...

Very good.

—but I agree with him. We must do all we can to improve cat welfare. The benefits of microchippin...

Can these changes be made by secondary legislation, or do we need to change that Act?

I made inquiries on the basis of the points that the hon. Gentleman and others made during the de...

It has been a pleasure to take part in today’s debate. We have had a broad range of speakers from...