Animal Welfare APPG

1: e-petition 242239 relating to the sentience and welfare of animals.It is a genuine pleasure to see - Speech Link

1: announced, I have been engulfed by all sorts of animal charities wishing me to raise their plight in what - Speech Link

1: in World Farming and backed by a dozen other animal welfare non-governmental organisations, is another - Speech Link

1: Committee, Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill - Speech Link
2: important commitment from the Government on animal welfare, cementing our place as a world leader in the - Speech Link
3: Minister aware of the growing concern about the welfare of tethered horses? Many horses are attached to - Speech Link
4: recently had a roundtable meeting with the relevant welfare groups and authorities to discuss how we could - Speech Link

1: amendment. Although we are all outraged at any animal abuse, the use of social media and the sharing - Speech Link
2: this Committee sitting, I found no mention of animal welfare or of the distribution of the kind of images - Speech Link
3: like. I say that because its guideline on the Animal Welfare Act 2006 lists “Other aggravating factors” - Speech Link

1: Those who are familiar with me speaking about animal cruelty will know that I normally cite the gorgeous - Speech Link
2: This simple amendment would make it a more serious animal cruelty offence for the purpose of sentencing if - Speech Link
3: unnecessary physical violence, an offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. They were given a six-month suspended - Speech Link
4: that at least 46% of young people have witnessed animal cruelty: 28% have seen it on TV or in a film, and - Speech Link

1: penalties available to the courts for those guilty of animal cruelty? That is another issue that has been waiting - Speech Link
2: explain, is based primarily on ethics rather than welfare concerns. It does not have some of the enforcement - Speech Link
3: Government replaced that Act when we introduced the Animal Welfare (Licensing and Activities Involving Animals) - Speech Link

1: 2017-19, Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill - Speech Link
2: progress this much-awaited step forward on animal welfare, delivering another important commitment from - Speech Link
3: that in my speech.The Bill amends the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which currently sets out a maximum - Speech Link
4: are brought only for the most serious cases of animal cruelty, but does he have any indication of how - Speech Link
5: (Mark Tami), clearly indicates that the area of animal welfare needs much more attention, and particularly - Speech Link

1: beg to move,That this House has considered animal rescue centres.It is a pleasure to serve - Speech Link
2: agree that there is a good case for setting up an animal abuse register, so that those who abuse animals - Speech Link
3: Animal cruelty offenders are five times more likely to have a violent crime record. Welfare organisations - Speech Link
4: concern that there is no statutory regulation of animal rescue centres in the UK. Since local authorities - Speech Link
5: him earlier that my wife is a volunteer at Assisi Animal Sanctuary. There are many organisations across - Speech Link
6: RSPCA has issued a position statement on licensing animal rescue and rehoming centres. It believes that the - Speech Link

1: the neck, that is then fastened to a chain. The animal that once defined our great nation is now being - Speech Link
2: stamp out tethering and animal welfare abuses regardless of who owns the animal, but my hon. Friend is - Speech Link