Most other countries are not for any system of taxation (and compulsory insurance through the tax system will be the same on this point) does not include the major cost of taxation: the deadweight cost on the rest of the economy.

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Mrs Laing called for a number of measures aimed at controlling dangerous dogs, including compulsory micro-chipping, creating dog-free areas in parks and a system of dog insurance.

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