Overview

Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Bill

The Rural Affairs and Islands Committee is looking at the Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Bill and wants to hear your views.

What is the Welfare of Dogs (Scotland) Bill?

The Bill would make changes to the law in a number of ways, including –

• requiring the Scottish Ministers to publish a code of practice that should be followed by any person who is considering acquiring a dog to keep as a pet, and by any person who is considering selling or giving away a dog to someone else;
• requiring the Scottish Ministers to take reasonable steps to ensure public awareness and understanding of the code of practice and its content;
• providing the Scottish Ministers with the power to make regulations for a register of unlicensed litters of puppies; and
• requiring the Scottish Ministers to take reasonable steps to ensure public awareness and understanding of the licensed breeding regime and, at such a time as it is in place, the register of unlicensed litters.

How to submit your views

Share your views on the purpose of the Bill (short survey) 

If you wish to provide a short response with your views on the Bill overall, please complete this survey. The link is provided below. 

We welcome written views in English, Gaelic, Scots or any other language.  

We would like to hear from you by 23:59 on Friday11 August 2023.

What happens next

The views you provide will be analysed and summarised by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).  A high-level analysis of responses will be made publicly available.