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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: Lincoln Jopp (Con - Spelthorne) been left out of the Bill’s scope is because we do not need to wait for the legislative process to act - Speech Link
2: None requirements on relevant bodies—“(1) The Secretary of State must, within 12 months of the passing of this Act - Speech Link
3: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) of legislation, including UK GDPR, sector-specific regulation and the Telecommunications (Security) Act - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Animal Rescue Centres - Mon 26 Jan 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran) The Animal Welfare Act 2006 is not sufficient: it keeps an animal alive, with a safe environment, diet - Speech Link
2: Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran) rescue organisations have to meet existing protections under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, and that individuals - Speech Link
3: James McMurdock (Ind - South Basildon and East Thurrock) Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, there is already a clear legal duty on any person responsible for - Speech Link
4: Angela Eagle (Lab - Wallasey) Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, any person responsible for an animal, whether on a permanent or temporary - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Animal Welfare Strategy for England - Wed 21 Jan 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Kerry McCarthy (Lab - Bristol East) scope of the Animal Welfare Act 2006. - Speech Link
2: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) Some 84% of us, for example, consider animal welfare when we act as consumers and buy food. - Speech Link
3: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley and Ilkley) We passed the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, which recognised the sentience of vertebrates. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sale of Fireworks - Mon 19 Jan 2026
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Alice Macdonald (LAB - Norwich North) Gentleman agree that, as Redwings has pointed out, the Animal Welfare Act 2006 does not provide sufficient - Speech Link
2: Cat Eccles (Lab - Stourbridge) Sadly, the Animal Welfare Act has failed to provide sufficient protection against such appalling acts - Speech Link
3: Josh Newbury (Lab - Cannock Chase) But I am also an animal welfare advocate, so I very much understand the concerns. - Speech Link
4: Kate Dearden (LAB - Halifax) It is an offence to cause unnecessary suffering to any domestic animal under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Food Inflation - Thu 15 Jan 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Friern Barnet) , the Labour Government rebuilt the country, introduced the national health service and built the welfare - Speech Link
2: Katie Lam (Con - Weald of Kent) Welfare Act 2006 and the Welfare of Farmed Animals (England) Regulations 2007, which include rules on - Speech Link
3: Danny Chambers (LD - Winchester) That would be bad for British farming, for animal welfare and, given the antibiotic use, for public health - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare Strategy - Thu 18 Dec 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Emma Reynolds (Lab - Wycombe) We had the world’s first known animal welfare law in 1822, and produced animal welfare pioneers and organisations - Speech Link
2: Neil Hudson (Con - Epping Forest) animal cruelty in the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021; and enshrining animal sentience in UK law - Speech Link
3: Emma Reynolds (Lab - Wycombe) The work we are doing on the Veterinary Surgeons Act is separate from the animal welfare strategy, but - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part two - Tue 09 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None Welfare Act 2006, prohibiting the offender from one or more of the following—(a) owning animals;(b) - Speech Link
2: Lord Pannick (XB - Life peer) As the Committee will know, the Animal Welfare Act 2006 provides by Section 1 that it applies to vertebrates - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Welfare of Domestic Animals - Thu 04 Dec 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) So, as I say, keep a watching eye out for the animal welfare strategy. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) As I said, when I came into my role as Animal Welfare Minister, I asked for a list of animal welfare - Speech Link
3: Lord de Clifford (XB - Excepted Hereditary) I hope the Minister has seen the recent report from the APPG on Animal Welfare regarding animal welfare - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) The Animal Welfare Act of 2006 also enables the courts to ban offenders from owning or keeping animals - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Catapults and Antisocial Behaviour - Tue 02 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Easton (Ind - North Down) of Animals Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 in respect of domestic animals? - Speech Link
2: Lincoln Jopp (Con - Spelthorne) is live until next year.The Government know they have a problem; I am obliged to the Minister for animal - Speech Link
3: Katie Lam (Con - Weald of Kent) ) Act 1996, the Animal Welfare Act 2006, the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021 and the Anti-social - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Renters’ Rights Bill - Tue 14 Oct 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) original amendment.As outlined at Lords Report, the Government have existing powers under the Tenant Fees Act - Speech Link
2: Lord de Clifford (XB - Excepted Hereditary) When owning a pet, we have a responsibility to maintain their welfare and health. - Speech Link
3: Lord Black of Brentwood (Con - Life peer) Like many of the charities involved in the animal welfare sector that have campaigned tirelessly on this - Speech Link