Sentience and Welfare of Animals

I am the promoter of the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill, which my hon. Friend mentioned. Second...

I think that 12 June will be a real red-letter day because of my hon. Friend’s Bill. I urge every...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger, and to follow the hon. Member for H...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) on having secured not just one d...

Let me first put on record my interest as a trustee of World Horse Welfare. Does my hon. Friend a...

My right hon. Friend made that point far better than I could, and I totally agree. It is unaccept...

I am pleased to participate in this debate, secured by a petition with over 100,000 signatures, j...

Can I put it to the hon. Lady that the SNP Government are perhaps following my example of leading...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He is a new Member to the House, and I am sure h...

The hon. Member for West Dorset (Chris Loder) can be excused, because he is very new, but we did ...

I thank the hon. Lady for sharing those points. I say to the hon. Member for West Dorset (Chris L...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I am sorry; I have finished.

Too late.

5.2 pm

I am delighted to speak and represent the views of more than 150 of my constituents who contacted...

I thank the hon. Member for giving way and my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCa...

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention and totally agree with her sentiments. It is my view t...

Anyone who has had a pet and loved them, with that relationship having built up over the years, k...

Order. Before we proceed, I see a number of new Members present, so let me make the point for the...

Thank you, Sir Roger. I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and I agree with the sentim...

I want to talk about my experience of the criminal justice system, and how the sentences I have s...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I am pleased to have the opportunit...

It gives me great pleasure to respond to this very good debate on behalf of the official Oppositi...

On the basis of cross-party working, will my hon. Friend please push the UK Government to end the...

My hon. Friend raises an important issue and, if the Minister has not yet read Labour’s animal we...

I assume that my hon. Friend is referring to the same Guardian article that I mentioned in connec...

My hon. Friend is dead right. There is an amazing amount of good political meat in publications b...

Can I ask a very simple question? What shred of evidence does the hon. Gentleman have to back up ...

The difficulty when we sit on the Opposition Benches, where our job is to scrutinise rather than ...

It really is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship in this important debate, Sir Roger. I a...

If we are mentioning community groups, I must speak up on behalf of my constituent Helena Abraham...

It will give me enormous pleasure to agree to meet my hon. Friend to discuss that. I am a former ...

My birthday.

On your birthday? That is good news. We have coupled the ban with a very effective public awarene...

I sort of look forward to that, but if the research is due to run from May to November, and if th...

While absolutely committing to bring forward the legislation at some point, I am not committing t...

I call Kerry McCarthy to wind up the debate.

5.49 pm

For clarity, Sir Roger, may I ask whether I have a set amount of time, or until 6 o’clock? I do n...

For clarity, the next debate cannot start before 6 o’clock.

Okay. I will not take up that much time.

The Minister’s response has left me thoroughly con...

It is important to clarify this matter, as the hon. Lady has raised it specifically. The manifest...

The manifesto was obviously for the election towards the end of last year, and we then had a Quee...

I must now put the Question. Unfortunately, although most of the main players for the next debate...