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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 21 May 2018
Sale of Puppies

"I am pleased to be here under your chairmanship, Mr Austin. I congratulate the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day), who presented the situation clearly, including the various options and actions already being taken as well as those that are promised. I am pleased to say that …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 21 May 2018
Sale of Puppies

"That is a good point. I was the Member of the European Parliament for the hon. Gentleman’s area at one time, so I am aware of the issues.

I think that Rhondda Cynon Taf is the first council not just in Wales but in the whole of the UK to …..."
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Written Question
Animal Welfare: Sentencing
Tuesday 21st November 2017

Asked by: Ann Clwyd (Labour - Cynon Valley)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the process will be for animal welfare charities to be consulted on the draft legislation to increase the maximum animal cruelty sentence to five years imprisonment.

Answered by George Eustice

As announced on 30 September, draft legislation to increase the maximum penalty for animal cruelty to five years will be published for consultation around the turn of the year. We will welcome comments from animal welfare charities who have campaigned for this change.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 30 Mar 2017
Animal Welfare

"I congratulate the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Neil Parish) on securing the debate. I want to give a bad example from my constituency, which has quite a few animal welfare issues. In this instance, a young fox had a habit of going to a large supermarket every night …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jul 2016
Snares

"I congratulate my hon. Friend on obtaining this debate. I have had many letters from constituents who all say the same things. They think this method of killing is obscene. Every 20 seconds an animal is caught in a snare somewhere in the UK. Around 1.7 million wild and domestic …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"8. What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of recent badger culls...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Jul 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Badger culling in England costs about £7,000 per badger killed. In Wales, the badger vaccination programme costs about £700 per badger vaccinated. Lord Krebs, who is a renowned expert on the subject, has continually said that

“rolling out culling as a national policy to control TB in cattle is not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 May 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"2. If she will reconsider her Department’s plans to extend the badger cull; and if she will make a statement...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 May 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Badger culling in England costs around £7,000 per badger killed; in Wales, the badger vaccination programme costs around £700 per badger vaccinated. Lord Krebs, the renowned scientific adviser on the subject, has continually said that

“rolling out culling as a national policy to control TB in cattle is not really …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 May 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"I spent several years as special envoy on human rights to Iraq, so I met many of the beleaguered minority religions of Iraq. I hope that the Church Commissioners will look at the plight of all of them—the Mandaeans, the Yazidis and the Turkmen, to mention just a few. Will …..."
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