Select Committee

All Published Written Evidence

WAFFU0085 - Women in the Armed Forces: Follow-Up (2023)

Written Evidence Dec. 15 2023

Inquiry: Women in the Armed Forces: Follow-Up
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Defence Committee (Department: Ministry of Defence)

Found: guaranteed by the military covenant and human life legislation.

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Select Committee

All Published Written Evidence

WAFFU0085 - Women in the Armed Forces: Follow-Up (2023)

Written Evidence Dec. 15 2023

Inquiry: Women in the Armed Forces: Follow-Up
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Defence Committee (Department: Ministry of Defence)

Found: guaranteed by the military covenant and human life legislation.

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Westminster Hall
Legislation on Dangerous Dogs - Mon 27 Nov 2023
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Christina Rees (Ind - Neath) Urgent action is clearly needed, but breed-specific legislation is not the answer. - Speech Link
2: Christina Rees (Ind - Neath) breed-specific legislation regime—and advising on and drafting proposals for a more effective sentencing - Speech Link
3: Neil Hudson (Con - Penrith and The Border) safe from this particular type of dog. - Speech Link
4: Mark Spencer (Con - Sherwood) they have a certificate of exemption.We recognise the strength of feeling on breed-specific legislation - Speech Link

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IVC Evidensia, Royal Holloway University of London, Slee Blackwell Solicitors, and RSPCA

Oral Evidence Oct. 18 2023

Inquiry: Post-pandemic health and welfare concerns of companion animals, including abuse and mutilation
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: However, we do not want to see further breed-specific legislation being added to the current framework

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Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Home Office

Mar. 03 2023

Source Page: Non-technical summaries granted in 2021
Document: Non-technical summaries: projects granted in 2021, July to December (PDF)

Found: well as 'safe'.

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Lords Chamber
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) The scientific advice from independent scientific experts and our expert Advisory Committee on Releases - Speech Link
2: Lord Krebs (CB - Life peer) Many experts estimate that we will need to increase global food production by at least 50% by 2050.This - Speech Link
3: Earl of Devon (CB - Excepted Hereditary) I note that certain briefings mischievously describe gene editing as a form of “deregulated” or “exempt - Speech Link

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Formal Minutes 2021-22: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Sep. 02 2022

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: a law making it illegal to breed any dogs without a licence https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/

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Westminster Hall
Breed-specific Legislation - Mon 06 Jun 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Christina Rees (IND - Neath) Breed-specific legislation means that dogs identified as a banned breed cannot be rehomed and strays - Speech Link
2: Christina Rees (IND - Neath) The owner was a local authority tenant who discovered, after her therapy dog was assessed as an exempt - Speech Link
3: Ruth Jones (LAB - Newport West) Section 1 of the Dangerous Dogs Act, also known as breed-specific legislation, makes it an offence to - Speech Link
4: Jo Churchill (CON - Bury St Edmunds) The Middlesex University report does not go so far as to say that we should move away from breed-specific - Speech Link

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Formal Minutes 2019-21: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Nov. 18 2021

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: to the same control and restrictions as dogs.

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