§ Mr. ShersbyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make an estimate of the annual cost of implementing a dog registration scheme on the basis proposed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Animals on the assumption that such costs are borne(a) by dog owners and (b) by the Exchequer.
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§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyNo. The setting up of a national dog registration scheme would require elaborate bureaucratic machinery. The Government do not intend to introduce such a scheme and therefore no estimate has been made of the costs involved.