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date	06/01/2023
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: Smuggling
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 estimate her Department has made of the number of puppies smuggled into Great Britain each year; and what steps she is taking to prevent puppy smuggling.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	117550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>APHA does not hold specific data on the total number of puppies illegally smuggled into Great Britain each year.</p><p><br> APHA seized 691 puppies in 2021 and 264 puppies in 2022 which landed in Dover and were not compliant with our import requirements.</p><p><br> The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill includes measures to tackle puppy smuggling. The Bill was re-introduced to the House of Commons in May 2022.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/01/2023 11:19:05 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

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date	05/12/2017
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Israel: West Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian effects of the proposed demolition of the village of Susiya in the South Hebron hills.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	117550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>​We are gravely concerned by the humanitarian impact of proposals to demolish the village of Susiya in the South Hebron Hills. The demolition could leave up to 100 people, half of them children, without shelter. Demolitions and evictions of Palestinians from their homes cause unnecessary suffering to ordinary Palestinians; call into question Israel’s commitment to a viable two-state solution; and, in all but the most exceptional of cases, are contrary to International Humanitarian Law. Officials from our Embassy in Tel Aviv have repeatedly raised our concerns with Israeli Ministers and senior officials, and urged them to cease this counter-productive policy, and provide a clear, transparent route to construction for Palestinians in Area C.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 13/12/2017 11:29:09 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft