HC Deb 23 January 1989 vol 145 cc461-2W
Mr. Gale

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will bring forward proposals to achieve a reduction in the numbers of dogs that are at present destroyed annually in the United Kingdom.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

There are no plans to do so.

Mr. Gale

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he intends to exercise the powers granted to him under the Local Government Act 1988 to introduce a national dog registration scheme.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

We have no plans to do so.

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