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1645002

registered interest
date	15/06/2023
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: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether it remains her policy to ban the non-commercial import of pregnant dogs in the last 30 per cent of their gestation period.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	189758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>In August 2021, the Government launched a consultation on proposed changes to the rules governing the commercial and non-commercial movement of pets, including a ban on the movement of dogs which are more than 42 days pregnant into Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We are carefully reviewing the feedback gathered from our consultation and wider engagement with stakeholders, and a response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 189759 question first answered 20/06/2023 08:59:56 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1645003

registered interest
date	15/06/2023
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: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to bring forward secondary legislation to ban the non-commercial import of pregnant dogs in the last 30 per cent of their gestation period.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	189759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2023 answer text <p>In August 2021, the Government launched a consultation on proposed changes to the rules governing the commercial and non-commercial movement of pets, including a ban on the movement of dogs which are more than 42 days pregnant into Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We are carefully reviewing the feedback gathered from our consultation and wider engagement with stakeholders, and a response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 189758 question first answered 20/06/2023 08:59:56 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1644371

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs have been imported under the Pet Travel Scheme since December 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	189467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total number of Dogs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2019 only</p></td><td><p>21,013</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>186,629</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>165,871</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>282,909</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is a summary of animals entering Great Britain under the Pet Travel Scheme via an approved route. It does not include pet animals that enter other parts of the UK (such as Northern Ireland or the Channel Islands) or pet animals that enter Great Britain from other parts of the UK. It does not include any animals that enter Great Britain under the Pet Travel Scheme from the Republic of Ireland (as these movements do not need to follow an approved route).</p><p>The data regarding the Pet Travel Scheme covers pets entering Great Britain and is based on information provided by checkers employed by approved carriers of pet animals. This data can be subject to change as often throughput data from carriers can be received late.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/06/2023 13:10:18 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1644372

registered interest
date	13/06/2023
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: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs have been imported under the Balai Directive since December 2019.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	189468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of dogs imported under the Balai Directive (EU)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2019</p></td><td><p>2,938</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>60,189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>72,766</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>37,284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023 (to May 2023)</p></td><td><p>15,152</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This information is drawn from the external TRACES and IPAFFS online systems not directly controlled by the department.</p><p> </p><p>TRACES (Trade Control and Expert System)</p><p>IPAFFS (Import of products, animals, food and feed system)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 19/06/2023 12:47:42 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1629023

registered interest
date	19/05/2023
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: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the timing of the report stage of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill on the import of dogs with cropped ears.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	185927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of this impact. Parliamentary business will be announced in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 24/05/2023 15:04:32 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1625353

registered interest
date	02/05/2023
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: Imports
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 plans her Department has to publish feedback on its consultation on changes to rules for the import of dogs.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	183517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>We are carefully reviewing the feedback gathered from our consultation and wider engagement with stakeholders, and a summary will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 09/05/2023 16:38:47 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1623332

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
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: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she is taking steps to reduce the importation of dogs with cropped ears.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	182370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill includes powers to introduce restrictions on pet travel and on the commercial import of pets on welfare grounds, via secondary legislation. In August 2021, the Government launched a consultation on how these powers should be used, including proposals to ban the import of dogs with cropped ears and docked tails. We are currently analysing the replies to this consultation and will publish our response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 02/05/2023 11:29:26 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1582569

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
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: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs were commercially imported into Great Britain in each month of 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	136869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 12 January to PQ <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-09/119251" target="_blank">119251</a>.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 03/02/2023 14:45:59 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1565166

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many dogs were commercially imported each month into Great Britain in 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	119251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of dogs commercially imported in 2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>5228</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>5322</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>5572</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>3533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>2606</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>2396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>2544</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>1806</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>2785</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>2753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>2836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>3509</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This information is drawn from external systems not directly controlled by the department.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 20/01/2023 11:27:38 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1542282

registered interest
date	15/11/2022
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: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including mandatory visual checks of imported puppies at the UK border as part of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	88009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>Now that we have left the EU, we are making significant changes to domestic law through the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill, bringing in legislation to further protect the welfare of pets, farmed and kept wild animals in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill allows us to further protect the welfare of pets by introducing restrictions to crack down on low welfare movements of pets into Great Britain. The Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill also includes powers to introduce further restrictions on pet travel and on the commercial import of pets on welfare grounds, via secondary legislation. We have no plans to introduce further visual checks as part of the Bill.</p> answering member constituency Sherwood answering member printed Mark Spencer question first answered 14/12/2022 13:09:08 answering member 4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson