§ Mr. Holtasked the Secretary of the Home Department what was the number of boarding establishments for animals and pet shops licensed by local authorities for 1962; what increases there have been in these numbers over the last five years; and whether these figures include puppy farms.
§ Mr. BrookeNo licence for keeping a boarding establishment for animals will be required until the Animal Boarding Establishments Act, 1963, comes into operation on 1st January, 1964. Local authorities are not required to report the grant of licences under the Pet Animals Act, and I have no information as to the number of licences issued or the nature of the businesses carried on by licensees. No licence is required by any person keeping or selling pedigree animals which he himself has bred.