Castle Point MP Rebecca Harris attended a reception hosted by the UK’s largest cat charity to find out more about feline welfare issues. 

The event, held at the House of Commons, was a chance to discuss ways to improve the lives of cats and their owners, from cat microchipping to enabling more people in rented housing to own pet cats. 

Rebecca Harris MP said: 

“It was great to attend Cats Protection’s Parliamentary Reception to discuss cat welfare in the UK. Cats Protection is the UK's leading feline welfare charity that does amazing work that helps around 200,000 cats and kittens every year.”

Cats Protection’s Head of Advocacy, Campaigns and Government Relations Madison Rogers said: 

“We were delighted to host our reception in the House of Commons to discuss cat welfare, which is an important issue for many people across the UK. We were able to discuss a wide range of issues, from the breeding of cats to compulsory microchipping of pet cats.  

“With 11 million pet cats in the UK, cats are undoubtedly one of the UK’s most popular pets, so it is great to see so many politicians taking an interest in feline welfare.”

As well as discussing the issues faced by cats and cat owners, the reception was an opportunity to find out about volunteering opportunities the charity has available across the UK. Roles can be found online here: https://www.cats.org.uk/support-us/volunteeropportunities.