Animal Welfare

I think that was a demonstration of the games the hon. Member seeks to play and would like to pla...

I have campaigned for more than two decades for an end to the live export of animals for slaughte...

I thank my right hon. Friend for her question, and I pay tribute to her dedication in this area. ...

I call the SNP spokesperson.

I am grateful for advance sight of the statement, and I do not dispute any of the actions referre...

I thank the hon. Lady for her questions, but also for her acknowledgement of the huge amount of p...

MBR Acres is a facility in Huntingdon that breeds beagles for the purposes of animal scientific t...

My hon. Friend will be aware that there is already an extensive amount of legislation on the stat...

I call Christian Wakeford.

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker.

“In our action plan for animal welfare, the Government commit...

The hon. Gentleman will be aware that fur production is already banned in the UK. We launched a c...

The UK proudly has some of the strongest animal welfare protections in the world, and my right ho...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. He will be aware that stopping puppy smuggling is a manifesto co...

I do not know whether the Farming Minister is watching the latest series of “Succession”—he might...

I would point the hon. Lady to our track record of introducing regulations for minimum standards ...

I thank the Minister for reminding me of the work this Government have done on dog welfare, parti...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend not only for drawing that to my attention now, but for doing so i...

I and many other Labour Members have long called for the kept animals Bill to be brought back to ...

That is just wrong. This demonstrates that we think there is a better and more efficient and effe...

My constituents do not really care whether these issues are dealt with in one big Bill or a serie...

Characteristically, the right hon. Gentleman speaks directly and frankly, and I support lots of h...

I had the pleasure of visiting the Dogs Trust facility in my constituency last year, where I saw ...

I am glad the hon. Gentleman recognises that we continue to be committed to delivering on puppy s...

My predecessor, Neil Parish, was chair of the all-party parliamentary group on animal welfare fro...

I, too, had the privilege of visiting the Devon show and meeting west country farmers and seeing ...

The Minister is right to say that we are a nation of animal lovers, which is why today’s announce...

What I can do is reassure the hon. Lady that we are still committed to delivering all those measu...

Whipsnade zoo carries out fantastic, world-leading conservation work, which I have been lucky to ...

The hon. Lady is factually incorrect. First, I pay tribute to the zoo sector. A number of zoos up...

I thank the Minister for his statement and for responding to the questions asked of him.

We...