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Commons Chamber
Animal Experiments: Medical Research - Mon 16 Jun 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran) I am also a member of the Labour Animal Welfare Society, and I must also declare that interest.Many people - Speech Link
2: Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran) As I said, this is about phasing out animal experiments in research. - Speech Link
3: Navendu Mishra (Lab - Stockport) Like her, I am a member of the Labour Animal Welfare Society. - Speech Link
4: Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran) Friend.It is worth questioning the quality of care for animals used in animal experiments. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Gender Incongruence: Puberty Suppressing Hormones - Wed 30 Apr 2025
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) he is the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Strangford, and I am its Member of Parliament.The welfare - Speech Link
2: John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings) qualitative research into the experiences of the growing numbers of detransitioners, and further animal - Speech Link
3: Caroline Johnson (Con - Sleaford and North Hykeham) used on hundreds of patients at GIDS alone, why not look at that data, rather than conduct new experiments - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Scientific and Regulatory Procedures: Use of Dogs - Mon 28 Apr 2025
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran) that quality of care and says:“Applications for project licences to conduct animal experiments are very - Speech Link
2: Irene Campbell (Lab - North Ayrshire and Arran) I went on lab trip recently with the APPG on phasing out animal experiments in medical research to visit - Speech Link
3: Seamus Logan (SNP - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) experiments in medical research, I recently visited Animal Free Research UK’s animal replacement centre - Speech Link
4: Sarah Dyke (LD - Glastonbury and Somerton) step in ensuring that the UK retains the highest animal welfare standards in the future? - Speech Link
5: Feryal Clark (Lab - Enfield North) None of us wants dogs to be used in research, despite how carefully animal welfare is regulated. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Autumn Budget 2024 - Mon 11 Nov 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) The Budget set a 2% productivity target for all departments; it took steps to ensure welfare spending - Speech Link
2: Lord Burns (XB - Life peer) There is the continuing concern about the impact on health, as evidenced by the continuing high welfare - Speech Link
3: Lord Londesborough (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Spend on health and social care, welfare and net zero will significantly outpace the OBR’s trend forecast - Speech Link
4: Lord Shinkwin (Con - Life peer) It could put the very sustainability of the welfare state, on which I and so many other disabled people - Speech Link
5: Lord Razzall (LD - Life peer) We must deepen our trade discussions, giving access for food and animal products. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Government Support for the RSPCA - Wed 09 Oct 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Ruth Jones (Lab - Newport West and Islwyn) I am very pleased to say that Parliament recognised that two years ago in the Animal Welfare (Sentience - Speech Link
2: Ruth Jones (Lab - Newport West and Islwyn) Under the Animal Welfare Act licensing conditions, it is illegal to breed an animal if its breed conformation - Speech Link
3: Adrian Ramsay (Green - Waveney Valley) It is the first and oldest animal welfare charity to be founded, and as a nation of animal lovers we - Speech Link
4: Adrian Ramsay (Green - Waveney Valley) He mentioned market forces and trends in animal welfare. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Thu 18 Jul 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bshp - Bishops) Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act that the import of animals and animal product raised under welfare standards - Speech Link
2: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) Before the election, Labour said many things on animal welfare, yet where is the ban on trophy hunting - Speech Link
3: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) health, animal welfare and environment as food produced here.Farm tenancy agreements are in urgent need - Speech Link
4: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) I am sure noble Lords know that animal welfare is a cause very close to my heart, and the Government - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Valedictory Debate - Fri 24 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Barry Sheerman (LAB - Huddersfield) Their primary responsibility is to their constituency and its future welfare. - Speech Link
2: Matthew Offord (Con - Hendon) He has enabled me to concentrate on animal welfare issues. - Speech Link
3: Marcus Jones (Con - Nuneaton) In the time that I was working with her, she made a huge effort to support the welfare of many of her - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Animal Testing - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) I want to pick up again the point about animal welfare. - Speech Link
2: Tracey Crouch (Con - Chatham and Aylesford) research and animal welfare. - Speech Link
3: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) the welfare of all life—animal and human alike.That will not happen overnight, and animal testing in - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ministerial Severance: Reform - Tue 06 Feb 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Emily Thornberry (Lab - Islington South and Finsbury) Yet again we could see a Reform-adjacent radical put in his place, eager to engage in experiments with - Speech Link
2: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) There is no plan for the economy, no plan to tackle welfare, and no plan to deal with immigration. - Speech Link
3: Anna Firth (Con - Southend West) I am about to finish my remarks.We have a national living wage, a welfare system that is simpler, fairer - Speech Link
4: Alex Burghart (Con - Brentwood and Ongar) We will be strengthening animal welfare, strengthening our economy with the Digital Markets, Competition - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) Whether he is taking steps to improve animal welfare standards applicable to food imports and exports - Speech Link
2: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) We are committed to maintaining high animal welfare and food standards. - Speech Link
3: Neale Hanvey (Alba - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) Does the Secretary of State accept that this asymmetry on standards of animal welfare is incoherent and - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Pow (Con - Taunton Deane) A wide variety of work is going on, including research and experiments. - Speech Link
5: Steve Barclay (Con - North East Cambridgeshire) welfare standards that we have in England are better reflected. - Speech Link