Dog Awareness Week

EDM number 106 in 2014-15, proposed by Andrew Rosindell on 16/06/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Animals and Postal services.

That this House welcomes Royal Mail's Dog Awareness Week supported by Battersea Dogs and Cats Trust which takes place between 30 June and 4 July 2014; notes that over 3,000 Royal Mail postmen and women alone were attacked by dogs between April 2012 and April 2013; further welcomes the change in law amending the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 which came into force on 13 May 2014; further notes that postmen and women delivering the universal service obligation, six days a week to circa 29 million addresses across the UK, and other public service workers are now protected in law should they be attacked on private property; further welcomes the work being done by Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, Dogs Trust and Royal Mail to promote responsible dog ownership; and calls on dog owners to not forget that during the summer months postmen and women and others will be in the community carrying out their jobs and should be able to do so without fear of being attacked by a dog.

This motion has been signed by a total of 51 MPs.