Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Stunell (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 17 December 2014, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 47 members in total.

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DOGS TRUST REPORT: THE PUPPY SMUGGLING SCANDAL

That this House notes with concern the findings of The Puppy Smuggling Scandal report by Dogs Trust which was the result of a six-month investigation into the illegal entry of dogs into the UK under the Pet Travel Scheme (PETS); further highlights the documented exploitation of the 2012 changes to PETS; and welcomes the report's recommendations to the Government that it should develop and implement an action plan to address the abuse of PETS and the number of undeclared dogs entering the UK every day, ban the importation of puppies under the age of six months into the UK under PETS, create a centrally-accessible database logging pets' microchip numbers at the point of entry into the UK so that it can be traced when and how a dog has entered the country, and actively encourage cross agency working and develop an intelligence system specifically to record and share data in respect of illegally-traded commercial consignments of animals.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

650 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

David Amess

Mike Weir

Mark Hunter

Mary Glindon

Subjects

Animal welfare Animals

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk