Live Animals: Export Ban Debate
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Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
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Live Animals: Export Ban
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Lord Benyon (Con)
The noble Baroness is absolutely right. We are in negotiations with the French authorities, and we want to make sure that there is a good border control post at Coquelles. That will assist us as well with the illegal import of products of animal origin, which are causing us great concern for biosecurity. I cannot give her an exact date, but I feel sure that a post will be created, and that will regularise the trade in both directions.
Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD)
My Lords, on 3 December 2020, the Government published a consultation on the banning of the live export of animals for slaughter and fattening, and this closed in February 2021. This measure was included in the kept animals Bill that went through the Commons and was killed off in May. Are the Government now relying on a Private Member’s Bill to bring this measure forward?
Lord Benyon (Con)
No, I am hoping that it will be a government Bill.