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Westminster Hall
Covid-19: Animal Welfare - Tue 16 Mar 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Alex Davies-Jones (LAB - Pontypridd) UK, often at the late stage of their pregnancies, in order to circumvent the ban on commercial third-party - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) The UK is indeed four nations of animal lovers. - Speech Link
3: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) Scotland was the first part of the UK to ban performances of wild animals in travelling circuses. - Speech Link
4: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) As well as the increased sale of healthy pets, there has been a rise in the number of dogs and cats being - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill
Consideration of Lords amendmentsPing Pong - Mon 07 Dec 2020
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Gary Sambrook (CON - Birmingham, Northfield) We see a live issue with fur in the EU. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Animal Welfare and Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 - Mon 30 Nov 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Changes also allow traders in Northern Ireland to continue to use already established rules on the sale - Speech Link
2: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) fur from Denmark, because of the Covid regulations there. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) UK—or, indeed, farmed animal pelts of any kind, perhaps. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Comprehensive Economic Partnership (EUC Report) - Thu 26 Nov 2020
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Lord Trees (CB - Life peer) to this UK-Japan agreement, I shall focus on my particular interest in standards of food products, animal - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) There are also grave concerns in the area of animal welfare. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Agriculture Bill
Committee stage:Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard) - Thu 09 Jul 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Boycott (CB - Life peer) The UK has come a long way in protecting and preserving standards of animal welfare, but there is one - Speech Link
2: Lord Greaves (LDEM - Life peer) and sale of”such things. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (LAB - Life peer) the Bill, or in any part of the UK. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (CON - Life peer) the ban on puppy farming, which was brought in through Lucy’s law. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Sentience and Welfare of Animals - Mon 16 Mar 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) sentience, as enshrined in article 13 of the Lisbon treaty, into UK law. - Speech Link
2: John Howell (CON - Henley) However, we also need to consider the issue in the context of UK animal welfare standards, of which I - Speech Link
3: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) Despite assurances from the UK Government, the issue of animal sentience is not being dealt with in the - Speech Link
4: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) third-party sale of puppies and kittens, known as Lucy’s law, and I pay tribute to the charity from - Speech Link


General Committees
draft Cat and Dog Fur (Control of Import, Export and Placing on the Market) (amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - Tue 26 Mar 2019
Department for International Trade

Mentions:
1: George Hollingbery (CON - Meon Valley) the ban on trade in cat and dog fur following withdrawal from the European Union. - Speech Link
2: George Hollingbery (CON - Meon Valley) To ensure that the ban on the trade in cat and dog fur is maintained, I commend the regulations to the - Speech Link
3: Bill Esterson (LAB - Sefton Central) It is entirely right that steps are being taken to ensure that the ban remains in place once the UK has - Speech Link
4: George Hollingbery (CON - Meon Valley) be that it is lawful to import cat and dog fur to the UK for sale at any time by anybody, wherever they - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Wildlife Crime - Wed 20 Mar 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Christian Matheson (LAB - City of Chester) In 2018 the RSPB satellite-tagged more than 30 hen harriers in the UK, but in just six months half of - Speech Link
2: Christian Matheson (LAB - City of Chester) However, the Act does not cover the use of dogs in the process of flushing out a wild animal, nor does - Speech Link
3: David Amess (CON - Southend West) fur trade, netting and the killing of songbirds throughout the Mediterranean.Legislation is all very - Speech Link
4: John Howell (CON - Henley) Government have done a tremendous amount to ban the sale of ivory, which I very much welcome, and to - Speech Link
5: Simon Hart (CON - Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire) blanket ban on the killing and control of foxes was unfeasible. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Agriculture Bill (Fourteenth sitting)
Committee Debate: 14th sitting: House of Commons - Tue 20 Nov 2018
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: David Drew (LAB - Stroud) in aid of the advantage of leaving the EU—that is, that we could bring about some of these animal welfare - Speech Link
2: George Eustice (CON - Camborne and Redruth) There is no explicit ban on foie gras, in the way that there is on fur farming, which was introduced - Speech Link
3: None It is the same with fur—sadly, we still have a problem with the importing of fur—but I will not go into - Speech Link
4: None In the case of laying hens, all four of the hatcheries in the UK use anaesthetic gases to deal with unwanted - Speech Link
5: George Eustice (CON - Camborne and Redruth) of the emerging policies that we have in different parts of the UK, but also to have regard for the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ivory Bill
2nd reading (Hansard): House of Lords - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Carrington of Fulham (CON - Life peer) , what effect will the ban have in the UK on the sale of antique ivory, and on having new ivory and passing - Speech Link
2: Lord Cormack (CON - Life peer) the rainforests we should ban the sale of mahogany furniture made in the 18th century. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) We have heard a number of arguments for and against a total ban on the sale of ivory in the UK. - Speech Link