United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 21202
Cats: Animal Welfare and Smuggling
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23 June 2021
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2 July 2021 · Answer
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2 July 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase the minimum age a kitten can enter the UK non-commercially to six months in order to prevent kitten smuggling and protect kitten welfare.
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23 June 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to increase the minimum age a kitten can enter the UK non-commercially to six months in order to prevent kitten smuggling and protect kitten welfare.
Source: Commons
2 July 2021
Answer
The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill was introduced in Parliament on the 8 June. The Bill allows us to protect the welfare of pets by introducing restrictions to crack down on the low welfare movements of pets into Great Britain and includes powers to i...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-06-23/21202
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1339448
- uk · wq-1339448 · source updated 2 July 2021