Animal Sentience Committee
(asked on 12th June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to announce the members appointed to the Animal Sentience Committee.
This question was answered on 15th June 2023
On 25 May 2023, we announced that the Animal Sentience Committee has been established. The Committee is chaired by Michael Seals CBE, who was appointed on 02 September 2022. He is joined by five experts in animal welfare, who were appointed on 25 May 2023.
The five new members are Professor Richard Bennett, Richard Cooper, Dr Penny Hawkins, Professor Anna Meredith and Professor Christine Nicol.