Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 191961

Cats: Smuggling

Tabled: 30 June 2023

Answered: 6 July 2023

Question

Sarah Owen

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the smuggling of cats into the UK.

Answer

Criminal offences already exist for cats brought into this country in breach of current import requirements. In Autumn 2021 we consulted on further proposed changes to the rules governing the commercial and non-commercial movement of cats, dogs and ferret...

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