Provisions For Pet Ownership In Residential Care And Sheltered Housing

EDM number 1573 in 1997-98, proposed by Paul Burstow on 20/07/1998.

That this House recognises the emotional importance and therapeutic value of pets to older people, as well as the distress felt by those older people who give up their pets as they move into residential care or sheltered housing; encourages housing providers to adopt positive pet policies; and supports the provision of information on such policies to the elderly, their families, local vets and animal sanctuaries.

This motion has been signed by a total of 59 MPs.