A question on #Dogs #AnimalBreedingAndSmuggling tabled by Neil Duncan-Jordan on 25-03-2025 has been answered by Daniel Zeichner.

Heading: Dogs: Animal Breeding and Smuggling
Question ID: 1788468
UIN: 41341
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-25
Asking Member ID: 5359
Asking Member display name: Neil Duncan-Jordan
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Neil Duncan-Jordan
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to introduce robust traceability of dogs across the UK.
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Date answered: 2025-04-01
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Answering Member ID: 4382
Answering Member display name: Daniel Zeichner
Answering Member handle: danielzeichner
Answering Member Twitter reference: @danielzeichner
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Answer text: Compulsory dog microchipping was introduced in England in 2016. All dogs must be microchipped before they are eight weeks old and relevant information including breeder details recorded with a Defra-compliant database operator which helps support traceabi...
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Answering body ID: 13
Answering body name: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tweeted: true