Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Jan 2021
Environment Bill
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Oct 2020
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill
"I, too, welcome the hon. Member’s Bill. Does he agree that although it is very good, we need effective enforcement as well, because if we just have a Bill that is not actually enforced, that does not take us any further forward?..."Mark Tami - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Oct 2020
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill
"On the importance of seeing the mother of the puppy, does he agree that there are still very bad practices where dogs in particular are brought in from abroad, reared in very bad situations, and then placed in what appears to be a nice, clean environment, when the history of …..."Mark Tami - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Oct 2020
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill
"The hon. Gentleman is being very kind. One issue that I have been worried about for a long time, which relates particularly to dogs, is the fashion situation: a breed becomes very fashionable and its value leads to a lot of the illegal trade and puppy farming. However, when those …..."Mark Tami - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Oct 2020
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill
"Does the hon. Gentleman not agree that it is about not so much putting people in prison, but trying to stop them doing these crimes in the first place?..."Mark Tami - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Oct 2020
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill
"The hon. Gentleman makes an important point about racehorses. I am one of the few in the House who has spoken about greyhound welfare. There is an onus on the owners of racehorses or greyhounds, who often make a lot of money out of them. They owe them a duty …..."Mark Tami - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 18th September 2020
Asked by:
Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will hold discussions with Natural Resources Wales on enabling it to refuse Dee Estuary cockle fisheries licences to applicants who have not made use of a previous such licence issued to them in order to increase availability of such licences for new applicants.
Answered by Baroness Prentis of Banbury
Whilst the Dee Cockle fishery straddles England and Wales, it is managed by Natural Resources Wales, and therefore comes under the auspices of the Welsh Government.
Written Question
Monday 9th March 2020
Asked by:
Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban the use of (a) remote controlled hand-held and (b) bark-activated electronic training collars for dogs.
Answered by Baroness Prentis of Banbury
The Government is committed to banning the use of hand-held remote controlled electronic dog collars and will lay the necessary legislation for such a ban as soon as Parliamentary time allows. The ban will not include dog bark induced collars or collars that work in connection with perimeter fencing.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 12 Feb 2020
UK Fisheries
"The hon. Lady mentioned the app. A number of fishermen have told me that it is difficult to use: certain species are difficult to record on it and, in some cases, it does not seem to work at all. I think it was given a one-star rating on Google for …..."Mark Tami - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 16th April 2019
Asked by:
Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)
Question
to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department will be working with the Department for Education to develop a plan of action to introduce education in schools promoting responsible dog ownership and preventing dog attacks on cats and other animals.
Answered by David Rutley
The Government is serious about tackling irresponsible ownership of dogs, which is why Defra is funding research being carried out by Middlesex University to gain a better understanding of the reasons for dog aggression, whether this is towards people or other animals, such as cats. We expect to have the findings of the research by the end of the year.
In the Government’s response to the EFRA Select Committee report on controlling dangerous dogs, we committed to a plan of action with stakeholders on the most effective way to reach children across the country to help promote responsible dog ownership from an early age. We are taking this work forward in the context of the findings from the research project.
Defra has provided local authorities and police with guidance in relation to the controls on dangerous dogs. This guidance is available on GOV.UK and the Local Government Association website in addition to the publication “Dangerous Dogs Law: Guidance for Enforcers”, which is available on GOV.UK. There are no central records of the number of dog attacks on cats.