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Select Committee
Compassion in World Farming
WoD0013 - Work of Defra

Written Evidence Mar. 29 2023

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

Found: legislate to end the export of live animals for fattening and slaughter”; -“consult on how food labelling


Commons Chamber
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill - Fri 25 Nov 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Margaret Ferrier (IND - Rutherglen and Hamilton West) It certainly is not fun for the innocent animals, who may suffer for hours on end because the hunter - Speech Link
2: Rebecca Pow (CON - Taunton Deane) That would mean that this ban would cover all the big five animals, other trophy-hunted species and many - Speech Link
3: Dean Russell (CON - Watford) It is for us all to live on it, and that includes our animals too. - Speech Link
4: Laura Farris (CON - Newbury) mandatory microchipping of dogs and banning the use of battery cages for laying hens. - Speech Link


Scottish Government Publication (Independent report)
Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate

Nov. 11 2022

Source Page: Welfare of exotic pets - evidence: scoping review
Document: Evidence on the welfare of exotic pets in Scotland (PDF)

Found: The home cages were relocated into the new environment and cage -mates were kept together.


Select Committee
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation
EPU0001 - Environmental Land Management Scheme: Progress Update

Written Evidence Sep. 07 2022

Inquiry: Environmental Land Management Scheme: Progress Update
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Department: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Found: notion of having no formal regulations for farmed fish.


Select Committee
Formal Minutes 2021-22: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Sep. 02 2022

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found:  a minimum  size cage for small pets. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/574004 96 Ban the sale


Westminster Hall
Farmed Animals: Cages - Mon 20 Jun 2022
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Matt Vickers (CON - Stockton South) cage farming meant the end of the cage age, and that our chickens now enjoy the freedom they are naturally - Speech Link
2: Justin Madders (LAB - Ellesmere Port and Neston) European Commission plans to ban cages for all farmed animals, hopefully by 2027. - Speech Link
3: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) end of the cage age. - Speech Link
4: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) to end the cage age once and for all.If we look to our European neighbours, we see that banning the - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Online Animal Sales: Regulation - Mon 13 Dec 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Christina Rees (IND - Neath) Websites should be required to verify the identity of all sellers, and for young animals for sale pictures - Speech Link
2: Andy Carter (CON - Warrington South) It is important that all adverts display the age of the animal advertised. - Speech Link
3: Roger Gale (CON - North Thanet) Personally, I would like to ban the sale of all sentient beings online, but I have to accept that that - Speech Link
4: Mike Penning (CON - Hemel Hempstead) side of the road in cages. - Speech Link
5: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) My preference would be to end all online sales, but I understand that that is how the world now operates - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Real Fur Sales - Tue 14 Sep 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Roger Gale (CON - North Thanet) We agree, first of all, that in this day and age there is no justification whatsoever for using real - Speech Link
2: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) for their fur, as long as these animals are not farmed here, we are content for their fur to be imported - Speech Link
3: Allan Dorans (SNP - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) ) Bill, an end to lab testing with animals, stiffer penalties for cruelty to animals, a ban on the use - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Wed 16 Jun 2021
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Deech (CB - Life peer) of farmed animals, including farmed animals on agricultural land, at market, in transit and at the place - Speech Link
2: Baroness Redfern (CON - Life peer) pets illegal and ban the import of hunting trophies.The Government promise to review the use of cages - Speech Link
3: Lord Robathan (CON - Life peer) So should we ban the killing of animals for meat? - Speech Link


Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Marine Directorate

May. 20 2021

Source Page: Fisheries Research Services (FRS) and Marine Scotland Science (MSS) publications list: EIR release
Document: FOI - 202100181648 - Information Released (PDF)

Found: The end of a trend?