To promote the welfare of horses (including all equines, horse riders and users) and matters affecting the horse industry.
1. Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
08/01/2021 - Secondary Legislation
Found: tennis” (ii)“Becher Chase horse-racing” (iii)“Cheltenham New Year’s Day meeting horse-racing” (iv)“Coral Welsh
2. Written evidence: Myra Bennett, British Horse Society County Access Officer, Wiltshire (AB20)
17/02/2020 - Bill Documents
Found: Written evidence submitted by Myra Bennett, British Horse Society County Access Officer, Wiltshire (AB20)
3. Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 14) Regulations 2021
07/05/2021 - Secondary Legislation
Found: (i)“Curling Euro Super Series”; (ii)“Betfair Hurdle Day horse-racing”; (iii)“Billie Jean King Cup Play-offs by
4. Horse passport issuing organisations
07/08/2019 - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- View source
Found: remain
valid.
The
Standardbred
& Trotting Horse
Association of
Great Britain and
Ireland
(STAGBI
5. listed on the EU’s website
19/11/2021 - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- View source
Found: Equine
American
Miniature
Horse Club
GB AKA
Miniature
Horse Club of
GB
New Close Farm
1. Horse Racing
23/09/2021 - Commons Chamber
1: debate at what is a critical time for the British horse racing industry. Racing is a sport that means so - Speech Link
2: possible to have policy that leads to a flourishing horse racing industry and the sport doing well that is - Speech Link
3: soft power, there is little more powerful than horse racing. Through the sport’s historic connection - Speech Link
2. Horse Tethering
20/02/2019 - Commons Chamber
1: moved quickly, it is easy for people to tether a horse on land that does not belong to them and then move - Speech Link
2: to the Adjournment debate tonight. The British Horse Society is on record as stating that although many - Speech Link
3: become muddy if it is wet, hugely damaging the horse. That is one of the other problems of tethering - Speech Link
3. Racehorse Protection
15/10/2018 - Westminster Hall
1: should understand the potential risks of injury. In horse-racing, jockeys have the choice whether to participate - Speech Link
2: slaughtered for meat”, “Jockey banned after…punching horse”, “Three horses die within 30 minutes at Hexham - Speech Link
3: should lose its horse welfare remit and be replaced by an independent body that has horse welfare as its - Speech Link
4. Welfare of horses in Wellingborough
06/01/2021 - Petitions
1: authorities have powers under the 2006 Act to act where a horse is suspected to be suffering on any land, public - Speech Link
2: public land. In all cases, the person seizing the horse must notify the local police force within 24 hours - Speech Link
3: and other interested parties to ensure issues of horse abandonments or neglect are effectively addressed - Speech Link
5. Road Safety
05/11/2018 - Commons Chamber
1: thoughtless behaviour? The principal victims are horse riders, as they are throughout the New Forest often - Speech Link
2: constituency. He may not be aware that, actually, horse riders are mentioned in the Highway Code. Measures - Speech Link
3: up the challenge to get back on a horse this summer after many years of not riding and to experience - Speech Link
asked by: Lord Moynihan
05/01/2021
... the United Kingdom and France following the end of the transition period for the UK's departure from the EU. 2. Horse Riding
asked by: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
24/06/2021
...To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to open more farmland and off-road areas for horse riders. 3. Horse Racing
asked by: Allan Dorans
21/01/2022
... if her Department will undertake an impact assessment of implications for the British horse racing industry of measures proposed in the forthcoming White Paper on gambling. 4. Horse Racing
asked by: Martyn Day
10/06/2020
... and (b) Scotland in each of the last five years. 5. Horse Racing
asked by: Laurence Robertson
02/07/2019
... what assessment his Department has made of the importance of the British thoroughbred racing industry to the UK rural economy.
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Saqib Bhatti MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 0207 219 3423.
Email: saqib.bhatti@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Georgia Dickson, The British Horse Society, Equestrian House, Abbey Park, Stareton Road, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire CV8 2XZ . Tel: 02476 840 500
Email: georgia.dickson@bhs.org.uk
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Former APPG Officers
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Caroline Spelman
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - Former Member for Meriden
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Angela Smith
Officer
Liberal Democrat - Former Member for Penistone and Stocksbridge
Joined: 21st November 2018Departed: 5th November 2019
Matt Warman
Officer
Conservative - Boston and Skegness
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 23rd October 2019
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Belarus , Foreign Affairs , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Key Cities , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Pakistan , Sweden , Waterways
Arctic and Nordic Councils , Armed Forces , Chile , Mongolia , Polar Regions , Polo
Lord Stoddart of Swindon
Officer
Independent Labour - Deceased - 14 November 2020
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Baroness Masham of Ilton
Officer
Crossbench - Life peer
Joined: 24th November 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Access to Medicines and Medical Devices , Acquired Brain Injury , Antibiotics , Axial Spondyloarthritis , Bladder and Bowel Continence Care , Brain Tumours , Cancer , Coronavirus , Drugs, Alcohol and Justice , Eggs, Pigs and Poultry , Global Health , Global Tuberculosis , Health , Heart Valve Disease , HIV and AIDS , Liver Disease and Liver Cancer , Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases , Minimally Invasive Cancer Therapies , Osteoporosis and Bone Health , Parkinson's , Prescribed Drug Dependence , Pro-Life , Respiratory Health , Sepsis , Skin , Spinal Cord Injury , Vaccinations for All , Vascular and Venous Disease
Ian Liddell-Grainger
Vice Chair
Conservative - Bridgwater and West Somerset
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 12th October 2016
Arts and Heritage , Broadband and Digital Communication , Celtic Sea , Energy Studies , Gardening and Horticulture , Nuclear Energy , Open Banking and Payments , Respiratory Health , Taxation
Baroness Hoey
Vice Chair
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 12th October 2016