PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Cats: Tagging (22 October 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish a summary of responses from his initial consultation on cat microchipping.

Asked by:
Charlotte Nichols (Labour)

Answer

The Government is committed to improving the welfare of cats and has a manifesto commitment to introduce compulsory microchipping of cats. In October 2019 Defra published a call for evidence on compulsory microchipping for cats, which attracted over 3,000 responses. We will be publishing a summary of the responses alongside the launch of a public consultation shortly.


Answered by:
Victoria Prentis (Conservative)
6 November 2020

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