Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) His devotion to the welfare and happiness of the zoo’s animals is steadfast, with a commitment to the - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) Unfortunately, that makes them the easiest animal to pick up and poach, and that is why the ongoing work - Speech Link
3: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) They are, as we have discussed, the world’s most trafficked animal. - Speech Link
4: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) welfare have shown that many of the current structures within the zoo’s premises are simply no longer - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) injuries or fatalities involve animals—today’s business began with questions about the treatment and welfare - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) The new sculpture, Bella the beithir, the mythical animal that has taken up residence at the Stockingfield - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) welfare legislation has caused enormous disappointment to the animal welfare charities that had worked - Speech Link
2: James Wild (Con - North West Norfolk) cruelty offences covered by the Animal Welfare Act 2006. - Speech Link
3: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) this nation’s leading piece of animal welfare legislation. - Speech Link
4: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) Animal welfare unites this House. - Speech Link
Asked by: Golden, Maurice (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - North East Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the compulsory microchipping of pet cats.
Answered by Fairlie, Jim
The Scottish Government’s Code of Practice for the Welfare of Cats recommends that all cat owners should consider neutering and microchipping their pets as the best way of being reunited with their rightful owners, should they be separated.
The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission’s (SAWC) Responsible Cat Ownership Working Group is currently considering responsible cat ownership including microchipping and we will carefully consider the SAWC’s report and its recommendations once published before taking further action.
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: Financial incentives, support given to the salmon industry, fish farming: EIR releaseFound: FHI), for example, are appointed by the Scottish Ministers to act under the aquaculture and aquatic animal
Asked by: Lord Patten (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the spread of Asian hornets on the welfare of (1) honey bees, and (2) other insect populations, in England; and what action they are taking to prevent the further spread of this invasive species.
Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Government recognises the essential role played by honey bees and wild pollinators in our environment, acknowledging their contribution to crop pollination. Additionally, pollinators play a vital role in supporting the natural ecosystem.
Asian hornets prey on honey bees and other pollinators so pose a significant threat to these insects. To date rapid action has been taken in the UK to find and destroy Asian hornet nests.
In 2023 a total of 72 nests were located and destroyed, the majority of these were located in the South-East (62). The National Bee Unit (NBU), part of the Animal and Plant Health Agency, rapidly located and destroyed the nests so we would expect any impacts on honey bee colonies and other pollinators to be small and localised.
From the analysis of nests found in 2023, a number of areas were identified where there is a low risk that Asian hornet queens may have overwintered. To address this, the NBU is carrying out spring trapping and working collaboratively with stakeholders to monitor traps at locations across Kent, East Sussex, Devon and North Yorkshire.
The Government remains committed to taking swift and effective contingency action against Asian hornet in 2024 thereby continuing to minimise the impacts on honey bees and other pollinators.
Oral Evidence Apr. 18 2024
Inquiry: Food, Diet and ObesityFound: To remind ourselves of its initial scope, it was going to have four working groups: eco, animal welfare
Apr. 18 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 16/04/2024 from Lord Douglas-Miller to Baroness Hayman regarding the Fair Dealing Obligation (Milk) Regulations 2024 debate: correction to a response given concerning the recruitment process for the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator. 1p.Found: Lord Douglas -Miller Minister for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare Seacole Building
Mentions:
1: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) allowed to go ahead, agricultural products will have to come from countries where the environmental and animal - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord de Clifford (XB - Excepted Hereditary) and production animal vets. - Speech Link
2: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) In England, the animal health and welfare pathway is providing funding for an annual vet visit alongside - Speech Link