To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers concerning reports on pet theft given to him by the national Petwatch organisation; and with what result.

We have not discussed this with the Association of Chief Police Officers, but we sent material provided by National Petwatch to the association which then circulated it to all chief constables in England and Wales. The investigation of alleged thefts is a matter for the police to whom all incidents should be reported.