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date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Dogs: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps the Government has taken to help prevent the theft of dogs in England.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	45661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government fully understands the deep distress caused by the theft of a much-loved family pet and the importance of dealing with pet theft given the impact it can have on owners.</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched the Pet Theft Taskforce in May 2021 in response to the apparent rise in pet theft since the start of the pandemic. The Taskforce’s recommendations include the creation of a new ‘pet abduction’ offence to recognise that pets are not mere items of property and to recognise the potential impact on their welfare when they are taken by strangers.</p><p> </p><p>The Taskforce also recommended improving the evidence base on pet theft by improving how cases are identified and tracked; improving the recording of keepership on microchipping databases; and tackling the fear of crime through raising awareness about police initiatives and prevention measures.</p><p> </p><p>The offence is one of the measures in the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill currently being considered by Parliament. As currently drafted the offence focuses on dogs, with enabling powers.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill was reintroduced to the House of Commons in May 2022 and will progress to Report Stage as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 07/09/2022 13:58:35 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1503971

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Poultry: Animal Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to launch a consultation on banning the sale of eggs produced from caged hens.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	45655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government are committed to phasing out confinement systems and supporting the industry to do so, not least to underpin UK food security. However, as reiterated by the Minister for Farming, Fisheries and Food at the ‘End the Cage Age’ debate held in June, we do need to work carefully and sensitively with the pig and poultry sectors as any transition must be done with, rather than against, these industries.</p><p> </p><p>This is an extremely challenging time for Britain’s farmers, with enormously increased input costs — of food, fuel and fertiliser — affecting almost all production systems to a greater or lesser extent, and of course for the general public who are faced with significant challenges around the cost of living.</p><p> </p><p>So, any decisions by Government on this issue, including timing of consultations, must be carefully considered in light of these wider, and clearly highly important, priorities. We have a course of action in play and will progress with our plans to transition away from use of cages in farming systems as soon as the time is right.</p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double grouped question UIN 45341 45458 45484 45512 45590 45974 question first answered 07/09/2022 14:03:16 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1503973

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date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Home Births
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure hospital maternity services are able to offer home births.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	45670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>While all trusts providing maternity services in England offer a home birth service, there is occasionally a need for a trust to suspend home births for operational reasons, such as temporary staff shortages.</p><p>In March 2022, NHS England announced that more than £50 million would be provided over the next two years to increase the number of staff in maternity and neonatal services. This is in addition to a further £95 million per year for recruitment and training.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 07/09/2022 15:28:19 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins