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Scottish Government Publication (Consultation analysis)
Population Health Directorate

Apr. 26 2024

Source Page: The Scottish Government's "Funeral director licensing scheme for Scotland" Consultation Analysis Report
Document: Burial & Cremation - Consultation - Funeral Director Licensing Scheme - Analysis Report (PDF)

Found: We note the precedent set in The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (Scotland

Deposited Papers
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Apr. 26 2024

Source Page: Letter dated 23/04/2024 from Lord Benyon to Robert Goodwill MP regarding a correction to a response made during the oral evidence session of 28 Nov 2023 of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) select committe inquiry on Pet Welfare and Abuse. 1p.
Document: Lord_Benyon_EFRA_Correction_Letter.pdf (PDF)

Found: session of 28 Nov 2023 of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) select committe inquiry on Pet Welfare

Select Committee
Twenty-Ninth Report - Progress in implementing Universal Credit

Report Apr. 26 2024

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: In 2010, the Department announced its plans to reform the welfare system by introducing UC, an integrated

Parliamentary Research
Pet Abduction Bill: HL Bill 62 of 2023–24 - LLN-2024-0019
Apr. 25 2024

Found: Animal welfare is a devolved matter.

Select Committee
Lord Douglas-Miller, Minister for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare, regarding the Border Target Operating Model, dated 16 April 2024

Correspondence Apr. 25 2024

Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: Lord Douglas-Miller, Minister for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare, regarding the Border Target

Bill Documents
25 Apr 2024 - Briefing papers
Pet Abduction Bill: HL Bill 62 of 2023–24
Pet Abduction Bill 2023-24

Found: Animal welfare is a devolved matter.

Written Question
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
Thursday 25th April 2024

Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool, West Derby)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing forward (a) legislative proposals to amend the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and (b) other legislative proposals to reclassify catapults as illegal weapons when used to harm wildlife.

Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The Government takes crimes against wildlife seriously, including those involving the use of catapults. The Government has no current plans though to amend the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, which protects all wild birds and some wild animals in England and Wales.

While the Act does not include catapults in the list of weapons that a person must not use to kill an animal, it is still illegal under this Act to deliberately attempt to kill, injure, or harm protected species. There are a range of offences around deliberate attempts to kill, injure or inflict harm on wildlife under provisions not just in this Act, but also in the Wild Mammals (Protection) Act 1996 and in the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

Select Committee
Correspondence between the Chair and NFU Cymru

Correspondence Apr. 24 2024

Committee: Welsh Affairs Committee (Department: Wales Office)

Found: Vets play a vital role i n supporting animal health and welfare on farm as well as in relation to matters

Select Committee
Nature Friendly Farming Network, and National Farmers Union (NFU)

Oral Evidence Apr. 24 2024

Inquiry: Methane
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment and Climate Change Committee

Found: My small question is based on what I have just heard about the additives that can be put into animal

Deposited Papers
Cabinet Office

Apr. 24 2024

Source Page: I. Veterinary Medicine Working Group (VMWG): Terms of reference. 4p. II. Letter dated April 2024 from Lord Douglas-Miller and Steve Baker MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding a document for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.
Document: Depositing_ToR-Minister_Baker_Letter.pdf (PDF)

Found: Lord Douglas -Miller Minister for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare Seacole Building