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Westminster Hall
Real Fur Sales - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Christian Wakeford (LAB - Bury South) , with Israel recently becoming the first country in the world to ban the sale of fur. - Speech Link
2: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) The ban on the sale of real fur is long overdue. - Speech Link
3: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) As we have heard, the next logical step is to ban the sale of animal fur products. - Speech Link
4: Taiwo Owatemi (LAB - Coventry North West) in the world to prohibit the sale of fur in full. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Mon 17 May 2021
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Baroness Boycott (CB - Life peer) Food and drink account for 25% of the footprint of every individual in the UK, and 50% of all habitable - Speech Link
2: Baroness Stroud (CON - Life peer) In many ways, the UK is well positioned to do just this—it is one of the most prosperous countries in - Speech Link
3: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) The UK banned keeping calves in veal crates in 1990, 16 years before the rest of the EU. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Fur Trade (Prohibition)
1st reading - Wed 21 Apr 2021
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Taiwo Owatemi (LAB - Coventry North West) in a Bill to prohibit the import, export, purchase and sale of fur and fur products; and for connected - Speech Link


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) of animal welfare in the eyes of our constituents. - Speech Link
3: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) devolution, where Scotland leads, the rest of the UK often follows, and so it is in animal welfare. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill
Consideration of Lords amendmentsPing Pong - Mon 07 Dec 2020
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: William Cash (CON - Stone) In the UK context, this is an internal law of fundamental importance, as expressed in article 46 of the - Speech Link
2: Liam Fox (CON - North Somerset) break-up of the UK internal market in terms of the Scottish economy. - Speech Link
3: Gary Sambrook (CON - Birmingham, Northfield) Back in 2002 we outlawed the production of fur across the United Kingdom, but because of single market - Speech Link
4: Stephen Farry (Alliance - North Down) Again, the UK is shooting itself in the foot in terms of crucial negotiations.I want to stress that the - 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 Walney (CB - Life peer) seek increased support to deal with the grey squirrel, which, in our area and other areas of the UK, - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) bring in to make sure that the risk of transmission of both animal and human disease through pelts is - Speech Link
3: Lord Greaves (LDEM - Life peer) In terms of animal welfare, can the Minister confirm that those parts of the Agriculture Act that refer - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) The noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, covered the area of animal welfare in great detail, so I shall not - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Lord Goldsmith (LAB - Life peer) The North East England Chamber of Commerce highlighted that the accumulation of Japanese content in UK - Speech Link
2: Lord Lansley (CON - Life peer) In addition to being a member of that committee, I am the UK chair of the UK-Japan 21st Century Group - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) In 2017, the UK used 281 tonnes of antibiotics in animal agriculture and Japan 809 tonnes. - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LDEM - Life peer) baseline in which the EPA is not in force, we estimate that the beneficial impact of the EPA on UK GDP - 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) produce of the right kind for sale in Lancashire to people in Lancashire. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (LAB - Life peer) the Bill, or in any part of the UK. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) 30,000 herds and flocks of native breeds in the UK. - Speech Link
5: Lord Inglewood (Non-affiliated - Excepted Hereditary) Issues of animal welfare depend on the animal, not on the system of agriculture in which it is reared - 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: David Amess (CON - Southend West) Animal welfare is undoubtedly of increasing concern among the general public.We are in the middle of - Speech Link
4: 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


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) of these regulations in removing the trade in cat and dog fur and the implications for trade in the - Speech Link