Bill Presented – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 December 1973.
Sir Ronald Russell, supported by Mr. Burden, Mr. Michael Clark Hutchison, Mr. Edward Milne, Mr. Harold Gurden, Sir John Hall, Dr. Shirley Summerskill and Mr. John Pardoe, presented a Bill to amend the Pet Animals Act 1951; And the same was read the First time and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday 25th January and to be printed [Bill 59].
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