§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is his estimate of the number of domestic dogs required by law to wear collars bearing the owners' identification; what percentage of owners he estimates to be in breach of the law on this point; and what steps, if any, he proposes to take to see that the law is either enforced or changed.
§ Dr. SummerskillAll domestic dogs are required by law to wear a collar with the owner's identification while they are in a highway or place of public resort. I regret that figures of the number of persons proceeded against for failing to have the owner's identification inscribed on the dog's collar are not separately collected.
As regards the last part of the question, consideration is currently being
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A.20 ENGLISH CONSTITUENCIES WITH LARGEST ELECTORATES Constituency Provisional 1976 parliamentary electorate Difference from provisional 1976 electoral quota (65,753) Percentage difference from provisional electoral quota (+%) Newton … … … … … 99,615 33,862 51 Ormskirk … … … … … 99,132 33,379 51 Meriden … … … … … 98,538 32,785 50 Basildon … … … … … 96,469 30,716 47 Horsham and Crawley … … … … 95,535 29,782 45 Norfolk, South … … … … … 95,287 29,534 45 Wirral … … … … … 94,926 29,173 44 Rother Valley … … … … … 94,719 28,966 44 Lichfield and Tamworth … … … … … 94,517 28,764 44 Norfolk, North … … … … … 94,128 28,375 43 Abingdon … … … … … 93,245 27,492 42 Bromsgrove and Redditch … … … … … 93,114 27,361 42 South Fylde … … … … … 92,883 27,130 41 Somerset, North … … … … … 92,836 27,083 41 Don Valley … … … … … 92,578 26,825 41 Basingstoke … … … … … 92,197 26,444 40 Brigg and Scunthorpe … … … … … 92,084 26,331 40 Hertfordshire, East … … … … … 92,075 26,322 40 Thurrock … … … … … 91,514 25,761 39 Bury St. Edmunds … … … … … 91,164 25,411 39 given to relevant recommendations of the Working Party on Dogs whose report was recently submitted to my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Sport and Recreation.