Parliamentary search - Animal Welfare

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

633 cc75-87WH

Session

2017-19

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 633 c77WH (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the Government policy on animal welfare.

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Lord Swire | 633 c77WH (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend share my sense that there are some who have been mischievous and misleading o...

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Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 633 cc77-8WH (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend makes the point well and I agree with him. It was reported two weeks ago, as...

John Lamont | 633 c78WH (Link to this contribution)

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for raising this important cause. As a farmer’s son, I know all t...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 633 c78WH (Link to this contribution)

I could not agree more with my hon. Friend and I will making that point in more detail shortly.

John Howell | 633 c78WH (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that preventing people who abuse animals from owning animals is a very ...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 633 cc78-9WH (Link to this contribution)

I could not agree more with my hon. Friend and I thank him for making that point.

The Secre...

Neil Parish | 633 c79WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. The five-year sentencing for animal cruelt...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 633 c79WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. I am reassured by a number of statements that ...

Kevin Foster | 633 c79WH (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Does he agree that it is very welcome that...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 633 c79WH (Link to this contribution)

That is a very good point. The sentience principle in EU law has been held up by some as a gold s...

Lord Swire | 633 c79WH (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is making some extremely good points. Does he agree that one thing that has hither...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 633 cc79-81WH (Link to this contribution)

That is exactly right. That has been a barrier all the way along from the Government’s point of v...

Neil Parish | 633 c81WH (Link to this contribution)

I could not disagree with my hon. Friend more on this particular point. If there is a pool of the...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 633 c81WH (Link to this contribution)

Well, we normally agree, and I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I do not believe that t...

Simon Hart | 633 c81WH (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend recognise that the decline in bovine TB in Wales is no more distinct in the a...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 633 c81WH (Link to this contribution)

I am going to move on, but the chief veterinary officer in Wales takes a different view.

Neil Parish | 633 c81WH (Link to this contribution)

She is in favour of culling.

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 633 c81WH (Link to this contribution)

She wants selective, as opposed to general, preventive culls, and that is different to our approa...

Neil Parish | 633 c81WH (Link to this contribution)

Ours is selective.

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 633 cc81-3WH (Link to this contribution)

Our approach is not selective. There are huge numbers of animals involved, The approach in Englan...

Lisa Cameron | 633 c83WH (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman is making an excellent speech. He is a great advocate for animal welfare. Will...

Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park | 633 c83WH (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady very much for her intervention, and I could not agree with her more strongl...

Therese Coffey | 633 cc83-5WH (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. I congratulate my hon. Friend th...

Alex Chalk | 633 c85WH (Link to this contribution)

Will the Minister give way?

Therese Coffey | 633 cc85-6WH (Link to this contribution)

I am afraid I cannot at the moment, but if I have time at the end, I will.

We will tighten ...

Alex Chalk | 633 c87WH (Link to this contribution)

In considering the welfare of wild animals, does the Minister welcome the plans approved by the G...

Therese Coffey | 633 c87WH (Link to this contribution)

Beavers have not really been present for 400 years on this island, although my hon. Friend will b...

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Animal welfare

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Livestock industry

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