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Public Bill Committees
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 14 May 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Danny Chambers (LD - Winchester) bringing into the UK of dogs, cats or ferrets for the purpose of promoting their welfare. - Speech Link
2: Sarah Champion (Lab - Rotherham) The Naturewatch Foundation found that an estimated 80% of dogs and puppies in the UK still come from - Speech Link
3: Aphra Brandreth (Con - Chester South and Eddisbury) That is particularly important in the case of very young puppies, whose age can be difficulty to verify - Speech Link
4: Neil Hudson (Con - Epping Forest) The requirement for import not to take place in the last third of gestation is very important. - Speech Link
5: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab - North Somerset) Member for the proposals in this Bill on behalf of my constituents in North Somerset and on behalf of - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Thu 18 Jul 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) in the Government for control of the Labour dynasty? - Speech Link
2: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) a vote for animals and that they would ban the import of foie gras, but where is it? - Speech Link
3: Lord Ravensdale (XB - Excepted Hereditary) of fish stocks in the cooling water intakes for the plant. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hannan of Kingsclere (Con - Life peer) of proposals for significant urban expansion were in the in-tray of the outgoing Government. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD - Life peer) the way of community banks, making it impossible, in effect, for them to be set up here in the UK. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 15 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) of the debate.The Bill will ban the import of puppies and kittens under six months and dogs and cats - Speech Link
2: Matt Rodda (Lab - Reading East) in the debate, to reduce the risk of young age puppies being sold? - Speech Link
3: Heather Wheeler (Con - South Derbyshire) It will ban the import of puppies, kittens and ferrets under the age of six months, ensuring that they - Speech Link
4: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) The coalition also raised concerns about the enforceability of a ban, and about the surge in demand for - Speech Link
5: Sarah Champion (Lab - Rotherham) worth up to £3 billion in the UK with the sale of up to 2 million puppies annually, and as much as 50% - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) - Wed 21 Jun 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) We will ban the cruel live shipment of animals and ensure that, in return for funding, farmers safeguard - Speech Link
2: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) Friend the Member for Crawley (Henry Smith) introduced a Bill to ban the import of hunting trophies, - Speech Link
3: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) We will take forward our plans to ban the import of young puppies, heavily pregnant dogs, and dogs with - Speech Link
4: Andrew Gwynne (LAB - Denton and Reddish) this Bill in the country but massive, overwhelming support for it in the House of Commons. - Speech Link
5: Alex Davies-Jones (LAB - Pontypridd) to ban the import of hunting trophies. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Animal Welfare - Mon 07 Jun 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (CON - Carshalton and Wallington) turn next to e-petition 326261, entitled “Ban the exploitative import of young puppies for sale in the - Speech Link
2: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) on the Government to prohibit the importation of shark fins, ban the exploitative import of young puppies - Speech Link
3: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) The UK Government have said that they will bring in legislation to ban the import and export of detached - Speech Link
4: David Amess (CON - Southend West) example of the many puppies imported for sale. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 - Tue 25 Jun 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) establishes a ban on the commercial third-party sale of puppies and kittens under six months of age. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) measures and safeguards put in place, we raised the issue of regulating the import of puppies. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (LAB - Life peer) made the case for including the ban on the third-party sale of puppies and kittens in those regulations - Speech Link