Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill

I am grateful for the intervention of my hon. Friend, who has been a doughty champion of animal w...

This is a really important debate, and I am glad my hon. Friend has secured it. The Bill has grea...

My hon. Friend makes a really important point on behalf of her Ynys Môn constituents. I want to t...

Mr Hollobone, I have explained to you that unfortunately, I have to leave early; I wish I did not...

I am very grateful to my right hon. Friend for his intervention. I hope that the Minister has hea...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. I am sure that he, like me and many oth...

I absolutely agree with the right hon. Gentleman. I have certainly had that correspondence, and I...

I congratulate the hon. Member on securing the debate, because, as he has said, the subject has e...

I join the hon. Member in commending the Dogs Trust and many other animal welfare charities on th...

I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this very important debate. May I add to that ...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention and of course he is absolutely right; I hav...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on how he has introduced the debate. Before he comes to the end...

I am grateful to the hon. Member for that intervention. Not that long ago, I led a debate on beha...

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Mr Hollobone. I thank the hon. Member fo...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent opening to his speech. Does he agree that the Animal Welfar...

I am sure the Minister has noted my hon. Friend’s request; we look forward to hearing what he say...

My hon. Friend mentioned cross-party support; there is lots of it. However, does he accept that u...

I note what my hon. Friend says, and refer him to what the Dogs Trust and Cats Protection say: th...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I am popular today.

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech and is a champion for animal welfare. Does he agree ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Bill places a limit on the number of cats, ferrets and do...

I feel quite close to the Bill, since it has my name on the cover and started its passage through...

My right hon. Friend has been a strong advocate for animal welfare improvements over many years. ...

My hon. Friend makes an important point. I would find time for both of them, because I am also ve...

I thank my right hon. Friend for raising issues of Brexit in his observations. I know he will be ...

I very much agree with my hon. Friend. Indeed, I remember visiting Ramsgate and having to deal wi...

Does the right hon. Gentleman accept that, because of the botched Brexit, we have ended up with a...

I do not want this debate to drift too far into the historical question about leaving the Europea...

At the outset, let me say that I am sure that all of us have received numerous letters from const...

It is a pleasure to speak in the debate this afternoon. If it runs to the full three hours, Mr Ho...

It is a pleasure to serve under you as Chair, Mr Hollobone. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for...

I always agree with every word said by my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby),...

My hon. Friend raises a really important issue relating to what is called Gizmo’s law. I know tha...

As ever, my right hon. Friend makes a powerful point. However, I would argue that legislation is ...

It is a great privilege, Mr Hollobone, to serve under your chairmanship and it is a pleasure to f...

We in the Petitions Committee did a piece of work, and held a debate in this Chamber, on ear crop...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend; he read my mind, because I was about to cover that point....

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I welcome the chance to highligh...

It is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Mr Twigg. I congratulate the h...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Mr Twigg. I thank the hon. Memb...

I wonder whether, in the interests of getting this Bill through, the hon. Lady might consider not...

I thank the right hon. Member, a former Secretary of State, for his contribution. We proposed the...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg, as well as that of Mr Hollobone, who...

It is a pleasure to have served under your chairmanship for the end of the debate, Mr Twigg. Coll...