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Westminster Hall
Dog Meat in the UK - Thu 21 Feb 2019
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Members here to make a contribution to this debate on a very important issue.Like my hon. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) a pet dog or cat will know, they can, and do, take up a lot of our lives. - Speech Link
3: Giles Watling (CON - Clacton) a pet who heard what I just said about animals, and what the hon. - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (CON - Macclesfield) , which has been highlighted—the dialogue with HSI was opened just over a year ago. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Pet Theft - Mon 02 Jul 2018
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Gareth Johnson (CON - Dartford) specific offence of dog theft. - Speech Link
2: Ross Thomson (CON - Aberdeen South) We need to change the law to make pet theft a serious criminal offence in its own right, punishable at - Speech Link
3: Bill Grant (CON - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) theft to be classified as a specific crime, with pets recognised as sentient beings, rather than simply - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) Pet theft offenders receive community service orders or a fine more often than a custodial sentence—certainly - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Age of Criminal Responsibility Bill [HL]
2nd reading (Hansard): House of Lords - Fri 08 Sep 2017
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops) they receive custodial sentences. - Speech Link
2: Lord Thomas of Gresford (LDEM - Life peer) That Act provided that a person should not be charged with an offence, except homicide, by reason of - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hamwee (LDEM - Life peer) I draw a comparison with community sentences for adults as an alternative to imprisonment. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) before they can pass a custodial sentence. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare - Thu 30 Mar 2017
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) pet owners are well acquainted with the full responsibility that having a pet places on their shoulders.Where - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We have a very active police force in Northern Ireland, with a specific wildlife officer set with the - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Pow (CON - Taunton Deane) I was brought up on a farm with dogs, and a dog was my best friend. - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Pow (CON - Taunton Deane) serious offence, so we should not backtrack on such sentences—but if someone burns their pet or carries - Speech Link
5: George Eustice (CON - Camborne and Redruth) It is not a pet shop licence; it is now a licence for animal sellers, and we will make that absolutely - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Animal Cruelty: Sentencing - Tue 08 Nov 2016
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Anna Turley (LAB - Redcar) I read of a dismembered cat left on a war memorial, strangled cats, a deer with a tree branch forced - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) It is a crimea very serious crime—that takes place right in our neighbourhoods.Where we see neglect, - Speech Link
3: Stuart C McDonald (SNP - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East) I also agree that buying a pet on Gumtree is utterly unacceptable.There is a case for tougher sentences - Speech Link
4: Sam Gyimah (LDEM - East Surrey) cases with more serious sentences. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Dog Fighting - Wed 29 Jun 2016
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lisa Cameron (SNP - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) Dog fighting is a cruel, barbaric, abhorrent and violent crime with no place in the UK. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) a custodial sentence. - Speech Link
3: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) a custodial sentence. - Speech Link
4: George Eustice (CON - Camborne and Redruth) high of 16% around 20 years ago.In addition, we have achieved a lot of success in our work with the Pet - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Dog Theft: Sentencing - Wed 02 Mar 2016
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Gareth Johnson (CON - Dartford) The theft of a dog is a particularly nasty offence. - Speech Link
2: Gareth Johnson (CON - Dartford) It means there is a greater chance of prison for the theft of a pedigree than there is for the theft - Speech Link
3: Dominic Raab (CON - Esher and Walton) sentences connected with them. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill - Wed 23 Jul 2014
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: None No responsible chief executive would dare to make such a proposal, riddled as it is with such uncertainty - Speech Link
2: None (a), for “in a case within subsection (1)(a)” substitute “if the offence is an offence under section - Speech Link
3: Lord Faulks (Non-affiliated - Life peer) and Policing Act 2014, which made low-value shop theft a summary offence. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 01 Jul 2014
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Chris Grayling (CON - Epsom and Ewell) a whole on dealing with the consequences of reoffending. - Speech Link
2: Chris Grayling (CON - Epsom and Ewell) I noted those comments with a little disappointment, because as far as I can see, incidents of crime - Speech Link
3: John McDonnell (LAB - Hayes and Harlington) company should be rewarded with a contract double the size. - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Wright (CON - Kenilworth and Southam) and have recently signed agreements with Albania and Nigeria and a memorandum of understanding with - Speech Link
5: Damian Green (CON - Ashford) I know he has been in correspondence with the Minister with responsibility for crime reduction at the - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill - Mon 24 Feb 2014
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Chris Grayling (CON - Epsom and Ewell) The Bill will make it a criminal offence to possess pornography that depicts real or simulated rape. - Speech Link
2: Jonathan Djanogly (CON - Huntingdon) I had heard of some limited Government proposals to make shoplifting a summary only offence where the - Speech Link
3: Lord Herbert of South Downs (CON - Life peer) We can make the effective supervision of offenders outside a custodial environment a reality and we should - Speech Link
4: Karl Turner (LAB - Kingston upon Hull East) If someone pleads guilty by post for a road traffic offence, I have no problem with their being dealt - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bray of Coln (CON - Life peer) I understand that mandatory life sentences for those convicted of a second terrorist offence and the - Speech Link