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Westminster Hall
Universal Credit: Farmers - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) An animal farmer might in some cases try their hardest to grow crops to be harvested in each season, - Speech Link
2: Jo Churchill (Con - Bury St Edmunds) He was a wonderful individual who contributed over many decades to the important issue of welfare. - Speech Link
3: Jo Churchill (Con - Bury St Edmunds) individuals in low-earning self-employment and thereby, in some instances, more of a dependency on the welfare - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) There were discussions about England and Wales, and whether this an animal welfare matter, which should - Speech Link
2: None I am particularly pleased to be here because I remember our debates in Committee on the Animal Welfare - Speech Link
3: Geoffrey Cox (Con - Torridge and West Devon) welfare of an animal, the Dangerous Dogs Act aims at a different mischief. - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Veterinary Medicines (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2024 - Tue 23 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Mark Spencer (Con - Sherwood) also rely on veterinary medicines, including vaccines, to prevent disease and protect the health and welfare - Speech Link
2: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) welfare more effectively. - Speech Link
3: Mark Spencer (Con - Sherwood) welfare and a risk of increased spread of disease.Our position for many years has been that we do not - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Fur: Import and Sale - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) In Our Action Plan for Animal Welfare, Defra committed to explore further potential action in relation - Speech Link
2: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) In the action plan for animal welfare, Defra committed to explore potential action in relation to the - Speech Link
3: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) The UK is rightly proud of the animal welfare standards that underpin our high-quality produce. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge (Con - Life peer) What education are we providing to children on the importance of animal welfare? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Impact of Environmental Regulations on Development (Built Environment Committee Report) - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) I was delighted to hear that he is an active supporter of Brian May’s animal welfare campaign. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
English Horticultural Sector (Horticultural Sector Committee Report) - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Redesdale (LD - Life peer) apply a different set of methods for charging when it comes to handling plants being presented to the Animal - Speech Link
2: Earl of Caithness (Con - Excepted Hereditary) least one breeding partnership between the UK and the continent has been cancelled.The Government’s Animal - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Newcastle (Bshp - Bishops) standards are upheld through compulsory welfare spot checks. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Zoological Society of London (Leases) Bill
Report stage - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) His devotion to the welfare and happiness of the zoo’s animals is steadfast, with a commitment to the - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) Unfortunately, that makes them the easiest animal to pick up and poach, and that is why the ongoing work - Speech Link
3: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) They are, as we have discussed, the world’s most trafficked animal. - Speech Link
4: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) welfare have shown that many of the current structures within the zoo’s premises are simply no longer - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) injuries or fatalities involve animals—today’s business began with questions about the treatment and welfare - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) The new sculpture, Bella the beithir, the mythical animal that has taken up residence at the Stockingfield - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Pet Abduction Bill
Report stage - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) welfare legislation has caused enormous disappointment to the animal welfare charities that had worked - Speech Link
2: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) cruelty offences covered by the Animal Welfare Act 2006. - Speech Link
3: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) this nation’s leading piece of animal welfare legislation. - Speech Link
4: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) Animal welfare unites this House. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Large-scale Solar Farms - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) allowed to go ahead, agricultural products will have to come from countries where the environmental and animal - Speech Link