{"longTitle":"A Bill to require dog-owners to have their dogs micro-chipped; to set a minimum age for dog ownership; to give courts powers to ban households from dog ownership; to require local authorities to provide kennelling for stray dogs and to nominate responsible officers for dog control; to extend the provisions of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 to private property; to empower the police and local authorities to issue dog control notices; to give police support officers powers to enforce byelaws relating to dogs; to require owners of breeding dogs to be accredited; to set minimum standards for accredited dog breeders; to give local authorities powers to enter premises used for dog breeding; to regulate access to dog ownership data; and for connected purposes.","summary":null,"sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":141,"name":"Martin Linton","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/141/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/141/contact","memberFrom":"Battersea"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":638,"shortTitle":"Control of Dogs Bill","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Commons","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2010-04-08T18:42:03","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":5,"introducedSessionId":23,"includedSessionIds":[23],"isAct":false,"currentStage":{"id":13491,"stageId":7,"sessionId":23,"description":"2nd reading","abbreviation":"2R","house":"Commons","stageSittings":[],"sortOrder":2}}