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6/18/2025, 8:42:28 PM No.507886596
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjqrddnldgo
>A Labour peer's call to bring in cats to control mice and other vermin in the Houses of Parliament has been rejected.
>Larry the cat already serves as 10 Downing Street's chief mouser but there are no plans to introduce pets to tackle the pest problem in the Palace of Westminster down the road.
>Senior Deputy Speaker Lord Gardiner of Kimble told Lord Berkeley advice given to parliamentary authorities was that cats would face risks from construction activity, self-closing doors and the lack of arrangements for caring for them.
>Mice have long been an issue in the Grade I listed landmark, with thousands of pounds spent on pest control every year, external.
Big L for felines across the country as yet another source of employment is cut off from them when the cost of living crisis squeezes cats up and down the country.
>A Labour peer's call to bring in cats to control mice and other vermin in the Houses of Parliament has been rejected.
>Larry the cat already serves as 10 Downing Street's chief mouser but there are no plans to introduce pets to tackle the pest problem in the Palace of Westminster down the road.
>Senior Deputy Speaker Lord Gardiner of Kimble told Lord Berkeley advice given to parliamentary authorities was that cats would face risks from construction activity, self-closing doors and the lack of arrangements for caring for them.
>Mice have long been an issue in the Grade I listed landmark, with thousands of pounds spent on pest control every year, external.
Big L for felines across the country as yet another source of employment is cut off from them when the cost of living crisis squeezes cats up and down the country.
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