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1 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Sub- Committee (Animal welfare in England: domestic pets) TUESDAY 24 MAY 2016 Animal Welfare: domestic pets Kennel Club (AWF0286) Dog breeding reform group (AWF0287) Cats Protection (AWF0288) Dogs Trust (AWF0289) Pup Aid (AWF0291) Charlotte Speedy, Director of Communications, Dogs Trust, for the Pet Advertising Advisory Group, Hannah Wilson, Head of Marketing, Gumtree, Stacey Blackledge, Pets 4 Homes, and Julia Carr, Pup Aid; and Christopher Laurence MBE, a former trustee of the RSPCA, and Anna Kasica, the Self-help group for Farmers, Pet Owners and Others experiencing difficulties with the RSPCA, gave oral evidence. TUESDAY 14 JUNE 2016 [Adjourned till Tuesday 14 June at 2 pm

2 Animal Welfare: domestic pets Cats Protection (AWF0288) Battersea Dogs and Cats Home (AWF0292) World Horse Welfare (AWF0293) Councillor Simon Blackburn, Chair of the LGA Safer and Stronger Communities Board, and Robert Quest, Assistant Director, City of London, Local Government Association, and Deputy Chief Constable Gareth Pritchard, North Wales Police, and Inspector Patrick O Hara, Metropolitan Police, National Police Chiefs Council, gave oral evidence. TUESDAY 28 JUNE 2016 [Adjourned till Tuesday 28 June at 2 pm Animal Welfare: domestic pets Resolved, That the following written evidence received in relation to Animal welfare: domestic pets be reported to the Main Committee: Governing council of the Cat Fancy (AWF0295) World Horse Welfare (AWF0293) Kennel Club (AWF0297) Jeremy Cooper, Chief Executive, Dermot Murphy, Assistant Director, Inspectorate, and Hayley Firman, Head of Prosecutions, Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and Mike Flynn, Chief Superintendent, Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till Tuesday 12 July at 2 pm

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4 TUESDAY 12 JULY 2016 Animal welfare: domestic pets Pet Advertising Advisory Group (AWF0298) Facebook (AWF0299) George Eustice, Minister of State, Farming, Food and the Marine Environment, Marc Casale, Deputy Director, Animal Welfare, and Andy Howarth, Team Leader, Companion Animal Welfare, Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned till a date to be nominated by the Chair WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER Written evidence RSPCA (AWF300) Joint submission from Pup Aid, Canine Action UK, C.A.R.I.A.D, Karlton index and Laws for Paws (AWF301) Kennel Club (AWF302)

5 Joint submission from Pup Aid, Canine Action UK, C.A.R.I.A.D, Karlton index and Laws for Paws (AWF303) Self-help group for farmers, pet owners and others experiencing problems with the RSPCA (SHG) (AWF 305) Pet Industry Federation (AWF 306) 2. Animal welfare: domestic pets draft Report The Committee considered this matter. [Adjourned until Tuesday 25 October at 2 pm TUESDAY 25 OCTOBER Animal welfare: domestic pets draft Report Draft Report (Animal welfare in England: domestic pets), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was amended and agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published with the Third Report of the Committee, HC Written evidence Resolved, That the written evidence relating to Animal welfare: domestic pets submitted by Defra (AWF307) be reported to the Main Committee.

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