| Heading: |
Parliamentary Estate: Pest Control |
| Question ID: |
1810060 |
| UIN: |
HL8154 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
3526 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Berkeley
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Lord Berkeley
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what consideration has been given to using cats for vermin control across the Parliamentary Estate. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-17 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4161 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
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| Answer text: |
On advice given previously to the House of Commons, the decision was made not to bring a cat on the Estate on the following grounds:The Estate had too much construction activity on site to provide a safe living environment for a free-roaming cat.The risk ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
204 |
| Answering body name: |
The Senior Deputy Speaker |
| Tweeted: |
true |