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Lords Chamber
Agriculture Bill
Committee stage:Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard) - Thu 09 Jul 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Earl of Caithness (CON - Excepted Hereditary) it is going to change how we look at animal welfare. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (CON - Life peer) are still covered by the Animal Welfare Act 2006, which makes it an offence to cause unnecessary suffering - Speech Link
3: Baroness Young of Old Scone (LAB - Life peer) change and protect water, as well as being good for soil protection and animal welfare. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Covid-19: International Response - Mon 18 May 2020
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hayman (CB - Life peer) We must act to prevent that happening this time. - Speech Link
2: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) If it is traced to dubious animal markets in China, will she use her good offices to ensure that those - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sugg (CON - Life peer) That is due to the limited number of tests available, and weaknesses in health, laboratory and information - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Agriculture Bill
2nd reading - Mon 03 Feb 2020
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) approach to animal welfare, which is a good thing. - Speech Link
2: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport) Because the Bill fails to uphold animal welfare and environmental standards in law, Labour cannot support - Speech Link
3: Neil Parish (CON - Tiverton and Honiton) best—food in the world to high environmental and animal welfare standards. - Speech Link
4: Dave Doogan (SNP - Angus) in the UK to be protected from cheaper imports of meat produced to lower standards of animal welfare - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Gene Editing - Thu 30 Jan 2020
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Viscount Hanworth (LAB - Excepted Hereditary) It has been pursued in the laboratory since the 1970s, with plants and animals as the subjects. - Speech Link
2: Viscount Ridley (CON - Excepted Hereditary) It is a matter not just of environmental benefits but of animal welfare. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) What will be the animal welfare ramifications of that? - Speech Link
4: Baroness Brinton (LDEM - Life peer) to include agriculture and the environment in our debate—equally thorny issues to get right. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
A Green Industrial Revolution - Wed 15 Jan 2020
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Kerry McCarthy (LAB - Bristol East) animal welfare standards in any future trade deals. - Speech Link
2: Bob Stewart (CON - Beckenham) June last year, Parliament amended the Climate Change Act 2008 to include the commitment to net zero - Speech Link
3: Peter Aldous (CON - Waveney) offices and laboratory in Pakefield. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Thu 17 Oct 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (CON - Life peer) the EU, recognising animals as sentient beings in domestic law and increasing the maximum custodial - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (GRN - Life peer) we will be recognising animal sentience in law. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Parminter (LDEM - Life peer) animal welfare and environmental standards in the world. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) in fake ermine, and in many other animal welfare issues. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Mallalieu (LAB - Life peer) If this Government are really serious about animal welfare, the millions of our farm animals destined - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Food and Feed Hygiene and Safety (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 - Tue 04 Jun 2019
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (CON - Life peer) , is made under the powers in the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 to make necessary amendments to - Speech Link
2: Lord Davies of Stamford (LAB - Life peer) welfare standards in the European Union and currently in this country? - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Brexit: Plant and Animal Biosecurity - Wed 15 May 2019
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sheehan (LDEM - Life peer) , animal welfare and food safety regulations. - Speech Link
2: Duke of Montrose (CON - Excepted Hereditary) Change Act and introduced the target mechanism into UK law. - Speech Link
3: Lord Grantchester (LAB - Excepted Hereditary) equipped to deal with the import and export of animals and animal products. - Speech Link
4: Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Through legislation made under the withdrawal Act, we are bringing over into UK law all relevant legislation - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Antimicrobial Resistance - Thu 02 May 2019
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness Masham of Ilton (CB - Life peer) The welfare of animals, as well as humans, must be paramount. - Speech Link
2: Lord Trees (CB - Life peer) to drug use in animals. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornton (LAB - Life peer) in that it fails to give a clear commitment to incorporate into domestic law the European Union’s recently - Speech Link
4: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (CON - Life peer) the UK, and we will not water down our standards on food safety, animal welfare or environmental protection - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Exiting the European Union (Food and Agriculture) - Tue 19 Mar 2019
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Steve Brine (CON - Winchester) Those include discretionary powers to set down detailed rules that work for the UK in relation to the - Speech Link
2: Sharon Hodgson (LAB - Washington and Sunderland West) This SI focuses on animal health and welfare, while taking into account the impact that that can have - Speech Link
3: John McNally (SNP - Falkirk) and welfare, at the top of the list of priorities in its Brexit manifesto. - Speech Link
4: Steve Brine (CON - Winchester) Friend knows full well, what we give to animals ends up in the food chain, so it ends up in my brief.The - Speech Link