HC Deb 13 November 1996 vol 285 c240W
Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what provisions govern a local authority's duties in respect of the prosecution of a person breeding more than two bitches for the purpose of sale without a licence. [3639]

Mr. Sackville

Section 4 of the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973 empowers a local authority to prosecute a person who keeps an unlicensed dog breeding establishment.

Mr. Ainger

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 4 November,Official Report, columns 324–25, what are the names and addresses of the companies or individuals convicted under the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973, as amended by the Breeding of Dogs Act 1991, since 1980. [3502]

Mr. Sackville

The information requested is not collected centrally.