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Commons Chamber
Valedictory Debate - Fri 24 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) Their primary responsibility is to their constituency and its future welfare. - Speech Link
2: Matthew Offord (Con - Hendon) He has enabled me to concentrate on animal welfare issues. - Speech Link
3: Marcus Jones (Con - Nuneaton) In the time that I was working with her, she made a huge effort to support the welfare of many of her - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Pet Abduction Bill
3rd reading - Fri 24 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Lexden (Con - Life peer) This is an important day for animal welfare, and I am delighted that the Bill will reach the statute - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 23 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) negotiations that are going on, but we have managed to get many manifesto commitments with regard to animal - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 22 May 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Rosindell (Con - Romford) What steps her Department is taking to help reduce the use of animal testing in research. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Griffith (Con - Arundel and South Downs) The day when we are able to eliminate animal testing cannot come quickly enough, though we are not there - Speech Link
3: Andrew Griffith (Con - Arundel and South Downs) He is a great animal lover, and I recall his past work as shadow Minister for animal welfare. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Royal Assent
Royal Assent - Mon 20 May 2024
No Department present
Commons Chamber
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill
Report stage - Fri 17 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) It has its origins in the topics to be considered on the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill, but for - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) I think that is good news for aspects of animal welfare, and it will, I hope, be a significant deterrent - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) Not only is it terrifying in terms of animal welfare, but it has a big economic cost: an estimated £2.4 - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) Indeed, we have the highest welfare score of the G7, according to the World Animal Protection index. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Responsibility for Dog Attacks) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 17 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) This Bill, as the Minister knows, would amend the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to require a person in charge - Speech Link
2: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) It will close the loophole and deal with this issue as a matter of animal welfare, placing responsibility - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) She has a commendable record in respect of animal welfare issues and supporting the Government on those - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Wed 15 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Carolyn Harris (Lab - Swansea East) them an account manager to help them to spend more money, showing a total disregard for the women’s welfare - Speech Link
2: None sections 66 to 70 (exposure etc, offences relating to intimate images etc, voyeurism, intercourse with an animal - Speech Link


Written Statements
Second UK Farm to Fork Summit - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) and create an infrastructure grant for laying hens, with over £20 million of funding, as part of the animal - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill
3rd reading - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) We have not only a trade border up the Irish Sea but an immigration border and now an animal export border - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD - Life peer) patience during the passage of this vital Bill, which had total cross-party support from the most ardent animal - Speech Link