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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) animal health rules and are landed in Great Britain for the purpose of commercial sale—as well as other - Speech Link
2: Maria Eagle (Lab - Garston and Halewood) European-wide ban on fur farming. - Speech Link
3: Neil Hudson (Con - Penrith and The Border) We will ban the import of ear-cropped dogs, but we need to think, too, about banning the onward sale - Speech Link
4: 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
5: Steve Reed (LAB - Croydon North) The third-party ban introduced in 2021 sought to address many animal welfare concerns about domestic - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Pet Abduction Bill
2nd reading - Fri 19 Jan 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) debate I issued freedom of information requests to all 45 territorial police forces in the UK asking - Speech Link
2: Jane Stevenson (Con - Wolverhampton North East) of fur that someone buys at the pet shop. - Speech Link
3: Jo Gideon (Con - Stoke-on-Trent Central) to profit from the sale of stolen pets or use them as leverage in personal disputes. - Speech Link
4: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) primates as pets from the abduction of their animals, yet they are failing to ban the keeping of primates - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Mon 13 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sheehan (LD - Life peer) In particular, there had been hopes that the Government would address their promise to ban the sale of - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer) on the environment, I too welcome the ban on animal exports. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) The Government appear to have promised two steps that demand primary legislation: a ban on the sale of - Speech Link
4: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bshp - Bishops) Surely there is a powerful argument for a complete ban on the sale of disposable vapes here in the UK - Speech Link
5: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) It remains our policy that we intend to legislate to restrict and ultimately ban the sale of peat and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Debate on the Address - Tue 07 Nov 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Robert Goodwill (Con - Scarborough and Whitby) I was pleased to see that the ban on live animal exports for slaughter will happen, now we are outside - Speech Link
2: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) I welcome, too, the reference to the sale and management of vapes. - Speech Link
3: Ian Blackford (SNP - Ross, Skye and Lochaber) But as we would say in certain parts of Scotland, it’s all fur coat and nae knickers. - Speech Link
4: Kevin Foster (Con - Torbay) were in the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill, along with the promised ban on hunting trophies, which - Speech Link
5: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) hunting and animal testing, all of which could be dealt with in a wider animal welfare Bill with the - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Importation and Sale of Foie Gras - Tue 24 Oct 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Giles Watling (Con - Clacton) I beg to move,That this House has considered the matter of the importation and sale of foie gras.It - Speech Link
2: Giles Watling (Con - Clacton) From Abigail and Animal Equality UK, I understand that the petition to ban foie gras by force-feeding - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 06 Jul 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) ) Bill was first introduced in this House, and we are no further forward today on banning animal fur - Speech Link
2: Christian Wakeford (LAB - Bury South) When she plans to publish the results of her Department’s consultation on the fur market in Great Britain - Speech Link
3: Christian Wakeford (LAB - Bury South) sale of fur back in 2021, but two years on, we have yet to hear what the public think about such an important - Speech Link
4: Eddie Hughes (CON - Walsall North) Hundreds of animal lovers across the west midlands have suffered the dreadful crime of pet theft in recent - Speech Link
5: Michael Tomlinson (CON - Mid Dorset and North Poole) The sale and use of drugs is driving serious and violent crime. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Import and Sale of Fur - Tue 27 Jun 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) have signed e-petition 602285 on the import and sale of fur.Banning imports of animal fur is a crucial - Speech Link
2: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) Seal products, including fur and fur products, may be imported and placed on the UK market for sale only - Speech Link
3: Giles Watling (CON - Clacton) import and sale of fur. - 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) advertising and offering for sale here of low-welfare animal activities abroad, for which I thank the - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) Foie gras production and fur farms were banned in the UK because of the cruelty they inflicted on living - Speech Link
3: Claire Hanna (SDLP - Belfast South) such as having a register of banned welfare abusers and banning the online sale of puppies. - Speech Link
4: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) As has been well-established, the Scottish Government have been leading the UK in these areas of animal - Speech Link
5: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) welfare is a success, yet they still have not managed to ban fur and foie gras, as they promised the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Animal Welfare - Wed 07 Jun 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: None fins and that ban the advertising and offering for sale here of low-welfare animal activities abroad - Speech Link
2: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) containing what was in that ill-fated Bill, can he explain why the promises to ban fur and foie gras - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) in detached shark fins and banning the sale of glue traps, I am less enthusiastic about the ban on importing - Speech Link
4: Lord Trees (CB - Life peer) of the UK dog population. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 25 May 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (LAB - Slough) The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. - Speech Link
2: Mark Spencer (CON - Sherwood) huge ripples not only in the UK but around Europe. - Speech Link
3: Mark Spencer (CON - Sherwood) sugar market here in the UK. - Speech Link
4: Ruth Cadbury (LAB - Brentford and Isleworth) My constituents expect the Government to tackle the sale of, and trade in, animal fur. - Speech Link