Mentions:
1: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) Their primary responsibility is to their constituency and its future welfare. - Speech Link
2: Alok Sharma (Con - Reading West) the Reading West Conservative Association, who first put their faith in me when they selected me in 2006 - Speech Link
3: John Baron (Con - Basildon and Billericay) Past innovations, such as the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011, have served to highlight the wisdom of - Speech Link
4: Matthew Offord (Con - Hendon) He has enabled me to concentrate on animal welfare issues. - Speech Link
5: 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
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) Welfare Act 2006, which relates to this sort of activity. - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) species, passed the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, introduced microchipping for cats, banned glue - Speech Link
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
Mentions:
1: Roger Gale (Con - North Thanet) or allowing a child or vulnerable adult to die or suffer serious physical harm).Terrorism Act 2006 ( - Speech Link
2: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) section 46 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. - Speech Link
3: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) 2024 comes into force.”(2) In section 238 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (deciding the seriousness of - Speech Link
4: None This amendment clarifies that, by virtue of section 238 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (as amended), the - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Black of Brentwood (Con - Life peer) welfare offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and the Welfare of Animals (Northern Ireland) Act - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) It also aligns with the maximum sentence provided for by the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021. - Speech Link
3: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) This is the same as the maximum term for animal welfare offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and - Speech Link
4: Lord Black of Brentwood (Con - Life peer) welfare offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and Welfare of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Mark Spencer (Con - Sherwood) Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, groomers must protect dogs under their control from harm and provide - Speech Link
2: Duncan Baker (Con - North Norfolk) I am aware that, as the Minister says, the Animal Welfare Act provides some framework in relation to - Speech Link
3: Mark Spencer (Con - Sherwood) in the Animal Welfare Act, and we will take steps to address widespread welfare issues where they arise - Speech Link
4: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) What steps his Department is taking to help improve animal welfare. - Speech Link
5: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) welfare measures, such as introducing tougher sentences on animal cruelty and new laws on animal sentience - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) Actually, this legislation is not specifically about animal welfare. - Speech Link
2: Geoffrey Cox (Con - Torridge and West Devon) Welfare Act 2006, which lists the offences that gives to a court the power to disqualify a person from - Speech Link
3: Geoffrey Cox (Con - Torridge and West Devon) The Dangerous Dogs Act does permit disqualification, so although the Animal Welfare Act considers the - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill stalled progress on key animal welfare issues. - Speech Link
2: Ben Everitt (Con - Milton Keynes North) That is why we have already passed legislation such as the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021, which - Speech Link
3: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) cruelty offences covered by the Animal Welfare Act 2006. - Speech Link
4: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) I am proud that it was a Labour Government who brought in the landmark Animal Welfare Act 2006—still - Speech Link
5: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) Animal welfare unites this House. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) The then Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill 2022, which came through your Lordships’ House, established - Speech Link
2: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, I wrote that it left a gaping hole because of the lack of any comparable - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) welfare, as we have heard, where there is a committee on animal sentience—see the Animal Welfare (Sentience - Speech Link
4: Lord Markham (Con - Life peer) Welfare (Sentience) Act, which legislates for the creation of animal sentience committees. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Dean Russell (Con - Watford) It is an abhorrent act to go to another country and kill an endangered animal in order to stick its head - Speech Link
2: Rosie Duffield (Lab - Canterbury) My good friend the vet and animal welfare campaigner Dr Marc Abraham OBE agrees. - Speech Link
3: Ruth Jones (Lab - Newport West) That principle is reflected domestically in our Animal Welfare Act 2006, and aligns with our understanding - Speech Link