Animal Welfare Offences Debate
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Earl Cathcart
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Animal Welfare Offences
Earl Cathcart Excerpts(6 years, 6 months ago)
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Lord Gardiner of Kimble
My Lords, whether it is abuse against animals or against human beings, we must do all that we can to reduce the scope for it. With this proposal, we are sending the very strong message that for heinous crimes there will be, among other things, the sanction of a custodial sentence of five years.
Earl Cathcart (Con)
My Lords, I welcome the increased sentences for the most heinous cruelty to animals but, given what my noble friend Lord Hailsham said, should we not also be banning these people from keeping animals for life or, if not for life, then for a very long time?