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Commons Chamber
Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 25 Oct 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Paul Maynard (CON - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) We know, for example, that some dog sanctuaries can be a cover for puppy-smuggling.World Horse Welfare - Speech Link
2: David Jones (CON - Clwyd West) revision of the standards is fully supported by the British zoos community.Although the Government’s advisory - Speech Link
3: Lisa Cameron (SNP - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) I give a special commendation to the all-party dog advisory welfare group, which I currently chair. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 18 Oct 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Kit Malthouse (CON - North West Hampshire) David would have spotted the subject of these two questions and, given his long interest in animal welfare - Speech Link
2: Julian Sturdy (CON - York Outer) As the Minister said, he dedicated his career to better animal welfare. - Speech Link
3: Kit Malthouse (CON - North West Hampshire) As dog and cat owners ourselves, it is inconceivable to us that our pets might be stolen; the damage - Speech Link
4: Kit Malthouse (CON - North West Hampshire) The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs has recently published stage 1 of its advice on reducing - Speech Link
5: Tom Pursglove (CON - Corby) Following last year’s SOL review by the Migration Advisory Committee, the Government set out their response - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Government: Leadership Training - Thu 16 Sep 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Young of Cookham (CON - Life peer) Read my noble friend Lord Freud’s recently published book, Clashing Agendas: Inside the Welfare Trap, - Speech Link
2: Baroness Smith of Basildon (LAB - Life peer) It is not like training a dog to sit or to beg; it is about training people to bring out the best of - Speech Link
3: Lord True (CON - Life peer) That was an important advisory. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
2nd reading - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Garnier (CON - Life peer) a plainly unnecessary additional provision to criminalise something that is already a crime—namely, dog - Speech Link
2: Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer (LDEM - Life peer) It was a dog whistle that really builds on social anxieties to garner votes, and that is about as low - Speech Link
3: Lord Bradley (LAB - Life peer) Clearly, as a committed member of the Government’s advisory board for female offenders, I fully endorse - Speech Link
4: Baroness Sater (CON - Life peer) Under these rules, the principle of welfare and rehabilitation that should be at the forefront of the - Speech Link
5: Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (LAB - Life peer) the law has been changed, but further steps need to be taken.The recent report by the Parliamentary Advisory - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 22 Jul 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) New measures to crack down on livestock worrying are being introduced as part of the Animal Welfare ( - Speech Link
2: Victoria Prentis (CON - Banbury) New measures in the Bill specify that a dog will be considered to be at large unless it is on a lead - Speech Link
3: Catherine McKinnell (LAB - Newcastle upon Tyne North) despite how heartbreaking the loss of much loved pets can be and the recognised need to improve animal welfare - Speech Link
4: Andrew Selous (CON - South West Bedfordshire) England is a member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs green social prescribing advisory - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Nationality and Borders Bill
2nd reading (day 2) - Tue 20 Jul 2021
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) that this Bill exposes the Conservative party in all its guises, because it is the politics of the dog - Speech Link
2: Jo Gideon (CON - Stoke-on-Trent Central) As part of the regional dispersal policy established in 2000, an advisory cluster limit was set by the - Speech Link
3: Paul Blomfield (LAB - Sheffield Central) Sadly, the Bill has dog-whistle politics at its heart, not those values of which should be proud or the - Speech Link
4: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Welfare should be at the core of legislation. - Speech Link
5: Bambos Charalambous (LAB - Enfield, Southgate) It is a dangerous, draconian, dog-whistling piece of legislation. - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]
Committee stage - Tue 20 Jul 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) Welfare Commission; New Zealand’s National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee and its National Animal - Speech Link
2: None The Animal Welfare Committee is advisory. - Speech Link
3: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) There are a great many people with those skills whom we meet every day, whether we are having our dog - Speech Link
4: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LDEM - Life peer) A family pet dog is very capable of showing pleasure. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Environment Bill
Committee stage - Mon 12 Jul 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: None I support the intention behind the amendment because, despite clear advice from their expert advisory - Speech Link
2: Baroness Young of Old Scone (LAB - Life peer) They are often much loved, and trampled excessively out of love by dog walkers. - Speech Link
3: Viscount Trenchard (CON - Excepted Hereditary) I worry that the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill, now before your Lordships’ House, may become a medium - Speech Link
4: Lord Oates (LDEM - Life peer) My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of the advisory board of Weber Shandwick UK. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Environment Bill
Committee stage - Wed 07 Jul 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (CON - Life peer) it is only when you visit people in the midst of a flood that you see how it affects their health, welfare - Speech Link
2: Lord Cameron of Dillington (CB - Life peer) public interest in water quality, so we feel that the Secretary of State should set up a technical advisory - Speech Link
3: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (LAB - Life peer) support the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, which would create a broad-based statutory advisory - Speech Link
4: Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (CON - Life peer) Changes will be informed by the latest scientific advice from the UK technical advisory group, a working - Speech Link
5: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Lucas—and his dog—made some quite salient points about the need to consider this - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]
Committee stage - Tue 06 Jul 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: None We have to remember that this committee is advisory, and it will still be Ministers who make any final - Speech Link
2: None Scotland has already used secondary legislation to establish an advisory body called the Scottish Animal - Speech Link
3: Lord Benyon (CON - Life peer) If, for example, the committee felt that it wanted to reach out to a government advisory body such as - Speech Link
4: Lord Robathan (CON - Life peer) several cats on the farm which helpfully keep down the rats—they do a rather good job—and I also own a dog - Speech Link
5: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (LAB - Life peer) The sentience committee is not being set up as just an advisory committee, as the Animal Welfare Committee - Speech Link