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Lords Chamber
Fur: Import and Sale - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) Fur farming is banned in the UK, and there are already import restrictions, which means that some skin - Speech Link
2: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) The UK is rightly proud of the animal welfare standards that underpin our high-quality produce. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Redfern (Con - Life peer) and of the volume of the import and export trade in animal fur and fur products over the past five years - Speech Link
4: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) Between 2017 and 2019, the UK imported around £61 million-worth of fur or fur-based products and we exported - Speech Link


Select Committee
Correspondence from FOUR PAWS UK, Humane Society International/UK, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and RSPCA regarding Defra's call for evidence on the fur trade, dated 13 December 2023

Correspondence Jan. 09 2024

Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Correspondence from FOUR PAWS UK, Humane Society International/UK, People for the Ethical Treatment of


Select Committee
FOUR PAWS UK
WoD0034 - Work of Defra

Written Evidence Nov. 28 2023

Inquiry: Work of Defra
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: WoD0034 - Work of Defra FOUR PAWS UK Written Evidence


Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill
2nd reading - Fri 15 Mar 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Selaine Saxby (Con - North Devon) animal health rules and are landed in Great Britain for the purpose of commercial sale—as well as other - Speech Link
2: Maria Eagle (Lab - Garston and Halewood) European-wide ban on fur farming. - Speech Link
3: Neil Hudson (Con - Penrith and The Border) We will ban the import of ear-cropped dogs, but we need to think, too, about banning the onward sale - Speech Link
4: Sarah Champion (Lab - Rotherham) worth up to £3 billion in the UK with the sale of up to 2 million puppies annually, and as much as 50% - Speech Link
5: Steve Reed (LAB - Croydon North) The third-party ban introduced in 2021 sought to address many animal welfare concerns about domestic - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Importation and Sale of Foie Gras - Tue 24 Oct 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Giles Watling (Con - Clacton) I beg to move,That this House has considered the matter of the importation and sale of foie gras.It - Speech Link
2: Giles Watling (Con - Clacton) From Abigail and Animal Equality UK, I understand that the petition to ban foie gras by force-feeding - Speech Link


Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Nov. 16 2023

Source Page: Legislative action to restrict the sale of fur and foie products: EIR release
Document: 202300339720_Annex A (PDF)

Found: Legislative action to restrict the sale of fur and foie products: EIR release


Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dec. 04 2023

Source Page: New legislation set to ban live animal exports
Document: Action Plan for Animal Welfare (PDF)

Found: New legislation set to ban live animal exports


Westminster Hall
Import and Sale of Fur - Tue 27 Jun 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Steven Bonnar (SNP - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) have signed e-petition 602285 on the import and sale of fur.Banning imports of animal fur is a crucial - Speech Link
2: Trudy Harrison (CON - Copeland) Seal products, including fur and fur products, may be imported and placed on the UK market for sale only - Speech Link
3: Giles Watling (CON - Clacton) import and sale of fur. - Speech Link


Parliamentary Research
Debate on the import and sale of fur - CDP-2023-0140
Jun. 21 2023

Found: Debate on the import and sale of fur


Scottish Government Publication (Independent report)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Oct. 09 2023

Source Page: Animal welfare - Scottish Government activity: Scottish Animal Welfare Commission review
Document: Scottish Animal Welfare Commission: Review of Scottish Government Activity affecting the Welfare of Animals, as Sentient Beings (PDF)

Found: Animal welfare - Scottish Government activity: Scottish Animal Welfare Commission review