Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to:
Petitioner: Carlie Power
Status: Closed
Date published: 23 May 2022
Click here for the full petition.
SPICe Briefing (167.5KB, pdf) (168KB, pdf) posted 06 March 2023
29 June 2022: The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government and to the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission.
Official Report of Meeting 29 June 2022
8 March 2023: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that, the petitioner is satisfied that the Scottish Government’s current approach will adequately address the issue of mandatory microchipping in Scotland's cats, the Scottish Government does not consider that the scanning of microchips should be made compulsory for cats at this time due to concerns about the potential impact on the welfare of cats and veterinary surgeons; and Microchipping domestic cats features in the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission’s work plan as a medium term issue.
Official Report of Meeting 8 March
PE1938/A: Scottish Government submission of 8 June 2022 (54.1KB, pdf) (54KB, pdf) posted 13 June 2022
PE1938/B: Petitioner submission of 15 June 2022 (14.8KB, pdf) (15KB, pdf) posted 23 June 2022
PE1938/C: Cats Protection submission of 27 June 2022 (105.6KB, pdf) (106KB, pdf) posted 27 June 2022
PE1938/D: Scottish Animal Welfare Commission submission of 19 July 2022 (85.1KB, pdf) (85KB, pdf) posted 26 July 2022
PE1938/E: Scottish Government submission of 26 July 2022 (60.6KB, pdf) (61KB, pdf) posted 01 August 2022
PE1938/F: Petitioner submission of 11 August 2022 (81.2KB, pdf) (81KB, pdf) posted 18 August 2022
PE1938/G: Petitioner submission of 15 February 2023 (15KB, pdf) (15KB, pdf) posted 01 March 2023