House of Commons · Ministers' Questions

Microchipping of Cats

Thursday 17 June 2021 · 2 questions

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Answered 0 Partly answered 2 Not answered 0

Key points

Government have a manifesto commitment to introduce compulsory microchipping of cats
Government are analysing 33,000 responses from a public consultation on cat microchipping
Government will publish a summary and detailed proposals later in the year

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Rosie Cooper Lab

Agriculture & Rural Affairs

Context

The government announced compulsory microchipping of cats in the Animal Welfare Action Plan. A public consultation has received over 33,000 responses.

Question

What is the timescale for introducing compulsory microchipping of cats as announced in the Animal Welfare Action Plan? Cats Protection indicates that a quarter of all domestic cats, 2.6 million, are not microchipped.

Answer from Victoria Prentis

The Government have a manifesto commitment to introduce the compulsory microchipping of cats. We are analysing 33,000 responses from our public consultation and will publish a summary soon along with detailed proposals later this year.

Partly answered

Not addressed: Specific timescale for implementation was not provided

How: Under Review, Working Up Detailed Proposals

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Q2 Rosie Cooper Lab

Context

A quarter of domestic cats, approximately 2.6 million, are not microchipped according to Cats Protection.

Question

What support will the Government provide to ensure that cats are microchipped as a priority?

Answer from Victoria Prentis

I encourage the hon. Lady to feed in her views and those of her constituents to our consultation. We are working up detailed proposals now. I know how important this issue is—I have lost a pet to a road traffic accident—and it is important that we get this right, both legally and in support terms.