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Westminster Hall
UK-EU Agritrade: SPS Agreement - Thu 12 Feb 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland) welfare, pesticide regulation and precision breeding. - Speech Link
2: Jayne Kirkham (LAB - Truro and Falmouth) that our UK farmers are not undercut by imports with lower welfare standards? - Speech Link
3: Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland) Allowing questions of constitution to get in the way of providing the animal welfare products we need - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Onshoring: Fashion and Textiles - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) Of course, pure wool is an animal product, which falls under those regulations, so the customs requirements - Speech Link
2: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) about ensuring a level playing field, so that ethical businesses and those that have committed to the welfare - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Flour Milling Sector - Thu 12 Feb 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Rooker (Lab - Life peer) For every 100 tonnes of wheat, we get 75 to 78 tonnes of flour and 22 tonnes of by-products for animal - Speech Link
2: Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Con - Life peer) For every tonne of wheat, 78% becomes flour and 22% becomes animal feed. - Speech Link
3: Earl of Effingham (Con - Excepted Hereditary) the fact that flour milling is a near zero-waste process, since the by-product can be used by the animal - Speech Link
4: Lord Leong (Lab - Life peer) this Government will protect British farmers, secure our food security, and uphold our high food, animal - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Animal Welfare Strategy: Rural Communities - Thu 12 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, the animal welfare strategy sets out a comprehensive package of reforms which will improve - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) On the issues the noble Earl raised, I point him to two parts of the animal welfare strategy. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) I will continue to do so, because animal welfare has to be at the forefront when we look at slaughter - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Tue 10 Feb 2026
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: None aquaculture” means the breeding, rearing, growing or cultivation of—(a) any fish or other aquatic animal - Speech Link
2: David Chadwick (LD - Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe) authorities will be well aware that a cyber-attack hitting a local authority creates problems with welfare - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
UK-India Free Trade Agreement - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Andrew Griffith (Con - Arundel and South Downs) welfare, particularly with regard to crustaceans. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Griffith (Con - Arundel and South Downs) However, it is the Government’s position about crustacean welfare, and they should speak to it. - Speech Link
3: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) welfare were raised frequently across the House on a cross-party basis. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Life Sciences: Beagles - Mon 09 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) The Government have a manifesto commitment to phase out animal use, and we published a strategy in November - Speech Link
2: Lord McCabe (Lab - Life peer) I am not against all animal testing, but I support other methods, particularly in relation to medical - Speech Link
3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) The Government are also funding the national centre dealing with this issue to develop new, non-animal - Speech Link
4: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) required where alternative, non-animal methods do not exist. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) My Lords, the Minister has talked about animal welfare and how proud he is of having voted to ban fox - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 06 Feb 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: None under the Mental Capacity Act, subject to guardianship, community treatment, hospital regimes or a welfare - Speech Link
2: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) Government think about it.I say to the Minister that I am tempted to put down an amendment to the Animal - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None The key theme is the focus on education, rehabilitation and child welfare. - Speech Link
2: None A prosecutor must consider specific factors, including the best interests and the welfare of the child - Speech Link
3: None The overarching principles of preventing offending and the welfare of the child remain paramount. - Speech Link
4: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) That was an animal rights issue, but it could easily not have been.The noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti - Speech Link
5: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (LD - Life peer) rustling” had become “animal hustling”. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) We are a nation of animal lovers. - Speech Link
2: Neil Hudson (Con - Epping Forest) This necessary and long-overdue reform can deliver significant benefits for animal health and welfare - Speech Link
3: Angela Eagle (Lab - Wallasey) Our animal welfare strategy sets out major reforms to improve the lives of millions of animals across - Speech Link
4: Angela Eagle (Lab - Wallasey) We recognise the RSPCA’s vital role in promoting animal welfare, but we do not have plans to extend statutory - Speech Link
5: Emma Reynolds (Lab - Wycombe) Since the last oral questions, we have published the animal welfare strategy, set out key reforms to - Speech Link