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

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


Lords Chamber
Pet Abduction Bill
2nd reading - Fri 10 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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


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) 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


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 (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


Lords Chamber
Foetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Fri 22 Mar 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

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


Commons Chamber
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 22 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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


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: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield) Labour’s Animal Welfare Act 2006 saw, for the first time, animal owners responsible for ensuring that - Speech Link
2: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) Welfare Act 2006, which was led by my right hon. - Speech Link
3: Louie French (Con - Old Bexley and Sidcup) Indeed, I made my maiden speech during the passage of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 on this - Speech Link
4: Sally-Ann Hart (Con - Hastings and Rye) It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 to crop a dog’s ears, and since 2021 anyone convicted - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2023 - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) , and some of the highest animal welfare standards in the world. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) We had an excellent briefing from nine animal welfare bodies, including the Conservative Animal Welfare - Speech Link
3: None I welcome these changes to the Animal Welfare Act 2006, but they do not go far enough. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 22 Feb 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Ruth Jones (Lab - Newport West) in limbo because the site is awaiting a decision by the Cabinet Office under the National Security Act - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) He will know that in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 we introduced powers to create a new - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The general public saw the sense of it, and supported that decision.Since the establishment in 2006 of - Speech Link
4: Henry Smith (Con - Crawley) Can we have a statement from the Home Secretary on the establishment of an animal offenders register? - Speech Link
5: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Friend for his question and for all his work on animal welfare, for which he is very well known. - Speech Link