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Will the ministerial team recognise the work of service dogs in the Army, Air Force and Navy, and in particular, welcome the establishment next week in this House of a memorial charity to those animals, to be based in Delyn constituency in north Wales?
Will the ministerial team recognise the work of service dogs in the Army, Air Force and Navy, and in particular, welcome the establishment next week in this House of a memorial charity to those animals, to be based in Delyn constituency in north Wales?
The right hon. Gentleman makes a very valuable point. All too often, when we talk about our armed forces, we think purely of humans, but of course, for many centuries, animals have made a fine contribution, too.
But will the Minister support the Bill on Friday?
But will the Minister support the Bill on Friday?
As the right hon. Gentleman knows, the Bill is in the hands of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and it will respond.
Given that Canada, America, Australia and many European Union states have a law similar to that being introduced by the right hon. and learned Member for North East Hertfordshire—I am a sponsor of his Bill—why did the Minister order the Government to block the Bill last Friday?
Given that Canada, America, Australia and many European Union states have a law similar to that being introduced by the right hon. and learned Member for North East Hertfordshire—I am a sponsor of his Bill—why did the Minister order the Government to block the Bill last Friday?
As we have discussed, very significant sentences of up to 10 years can already be imposed for this kind of action, but I would be delighted to discuss the issue in more detail with the right hon. Gentleman and my hon. Friends.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detector dogs Border Force had in each (a) airport, (b) port and (c) train terminal in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many detector dogs Border Force had in each (a) airport, (b) port and (c) train terminal in each year since 2010.
Border Force works at the Border with a range of law enforcement partners including the police and the Ministry of Defence, including the use of detector dogs.
Border Force detector dogs are a national resource and the current number available for deployment nationally to detect illegal goods and clandestines is 108.
65 of these dogs are wholly owned by Border Force and 43 are provided by a UK based contractor.
Since 2010, the numbers have been (Border Force owned dogs only):
2010: 75
2011: 73
2012: 70
2013: 69
2014: 70
2015: 64
2016: 67
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been detained following detection by sniffer dogs on more than one occasion at the ports of (a) Calais, (b) Dunkirk and (c) Channel Tunnel in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been detained following detection by sniffer dogs on more than one occasion at the ports of (a) Calais, (b) Dunkirk and (c) Channel Tunnel in each of the last three years.
To ensure the integrity and security of the UK border Her Majesty's Government cannot comment on port specific statistics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions were made under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 where a dog was used as a weapon in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions were made under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 where a dog was used as a weapon in each of the last five years.
The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales. This database holds information on offences provided by the statutes under which proceedings are brought but not the specific circumstances of each case. It is not possible to identify from this centrally held information whether a dog was used as a weapon under Offences Against the Person Act 1861.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding he has allocated to the programme for compulsory microchipping of dogs by 2016; and what steps he plans to take to publicise this programme.
[160719]
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding he has allocated to the programme for compulsory microchipping of dogs by 2016; and what steps he plans to take to publicise this programme.
[160719]
Funding for the programme will be subsumed within the allotted funding for animal welfare. In addition, free microchipping is available at centres run by Dogs Trust, Battersea Dogs & Cats Home and Blue Cross. Dogs Trust will also make free microchips available to veterinary surgeries.
We are working with these stakeholders as well as others such as the British Veterinary Association to promote the benefits of microchipping in the lead up to April 2016 on their websites and through their online presences.
The launch of the compulsory microchipping policy generated significant national print and broadcast coverage earlier this year.
Since then, we have been using social media to engage with dog owners and promote microchipping. We run a Facebook page promoting the benefits of compulsory microchipping to dog owners and we use this page to promote free chipping events and share case studies and reunification stories. We use Twitter to share information and to answer dog owners' questions about microchipping. We have a Google map with locations of centres offering free chipping, so that dog owners can find a convenient location to get their dog chipped free of charge.
We are also targeting specialist media and programmes targeted at dog owners as well as the national and regional press to promote the benefits of compulsory microchipping.
In the run up to 2016, we will be working with veterinarians and welfare organisations to develop a joined up, structured programme of advice and information including posters and leaflets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people required admission to hospital as a result of injuries caused by dogs in 2012-13.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people required admission to hospital as a result of injuries caused by dogs in 2012-13.
[159509]
Figures for April 2012-March 2013 will not be available until August 2013. However provisional figures for the 11 month period April 2012 to February 2013 are available now and show 5,793 hospital admissions as a result of injuries caused by dogs. This compares with 6,053 for the same period in 2011-12 and 6,580 for the full year 2011-12.
What plans he has to raise with the Masters of Foxhounds Association the practice of feeding of uncooked meat and offal from fallen and casualty stock to hunt hounds.
What plans he has to raise with the Masters of Foxhounds Association the practice of feeding of uncooked meat and offal from fallen and casualty stock to hunt hounds.