Smuggling: Kittens and Puppies Debate
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Baroness Hoey
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Smuggling: Kittens and Puppies
Baroness Hoey Excerpts(2 years, 4 months ago)
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Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Con)
My noble friend might well be right. If he is, I hope that that will come clear as we go through all the responses that we have had to the consultation, but based on what we know now it does not seem to be right. We are not seeing the same issues with young kittens and pregnant cats being imported. In 2020, only 17 kittens under 15 weeks and zero pregnant cats were seized and detained. Overall, the number of movements of cats into Great Britain is far lower than for dogs, making up about 9% of the total commercial movements and around 12% of the total non-commercial movements into this country.
Baroness Hoey (Non-Afl)
Is it not time that we relooked at the idea of bringing back dog licence fees, as happens in other parts of the United Kingdom, which work very successfully, with some exceptions, of course, for some people?