Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak from the Opposition Benches on the Animal Welfare (Liv...

The Labour party has long called for a ban on live exports for fattening and slaughter from and t...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I am not sure I know the answer to those questions, and ...

I am proud to support the Bill and the Labour party’s amendments to add deer, alpacas and llamas ...

My new hon. Friend is quite right: we must ensure that we future-proof the Bill today. I am not c...

I am delighted that the strong cross-party support for the Bill is evident in the Chamber this ev...

I remind hon. Members that the occupant of this Chair is acting not as Deputy Speaker, but as Cha...

Thank you, Chair.

This is an issue that I am personally passionate about—I have spoken on a...

Order. Just to help the hon. Member, could he refer to the amendments or new clauses that he is a...

Thank you, Chair. I will come to those now.

The amendments in the name of my hon. Friend th...

Being overrun with deer is usually a forestry issue. They are wild animals and are not covered by...

I thank the right hon. Member. Obviously, there are wild deer and deer farmed for venison; both t...

I strongly welcome the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill. It is absolutely right that we ba...

Order. I remind the remaining speakers that they should be focusing on the amendments and clauses...

Of course, my party tabled amendments to the Bill that cannot be discussed and decided on because...

The right hon. Gentleman has been speaking eloquently this evening on two important principles th...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, which I hope the Minister will listen to, becau...

I rise to speak about the amendments, in particular those tabled by the Opposition Front Benchers...

The right hon. Gentleman said that the closure of the land bridge will make it less commercial fo...

This House thinks the practice is cruel, and that is why we are changing things with this legisla...

It is a pleasure to speak tonight in favour of the Labour amendments and to briefly pay tribute t...

I am pleased to speak in support of Labour’s amendments 2 to 5, particularly those regarding bann...

I call the SNP spokesman.

It is nice to see you in the Chair, Dame Eleanor. I will speak from a Scottish perspective. The B...

I am delighted to speak to the amendments and grateful to hon. Members for their continued intere...

The Minister is detailing the species involved in the Bill and those potentially not involved. I ...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for not only his comments but his campaigning against the export ...

Order. Is the right hon. Gentleman certain that he wants to do that at this stage, or does he wan...

I could do it in both if you allow, Dame Eleanor.

I am suggesting that the right hon. Gentleman might not want to do that.

I am not someone who understands subtlety all the time, but on this occasion you seem to have bro...

I do not wish to detain the House any longer than strictly necessary. I welcome the speed with wh...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

It has been a privilege to shepher...

I thank the Minister for giving way. We are happy to see the legislation, although I am disappoin...

A number of Opposition Members have commented that the Government have done very little for anima...

I thank the Minister for going through such a detailed and lengthy list; I can only apologise for...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, and I am also grateful to all my colleagues who have supported t...

rose—

Will the Minister give way?

I will give way to my hon. Friend, but I will come back to the hon. Lady.

I am grateful to the Minister—

With respect—

Hold on!

Sit down!

I am sorry; I apologise.

Tim Loughton.

Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Given the hugely impressive list that the Minist...

As my hon. Friend will know, I am not responsible for EU legislation. During conversations with f...

I, too, thank the Minister and the Government for their fantastic legislation and great track rec...

As ever, my right hon. Friend is absolutely right.

rose—

I have held the hon. Lady back for too long, so I will give way, but I am conscious that we need ...

I thank the Minister for giving way. I shall be very quick.

With respect to the Minister, I...

I hope the hon. Lady will recognise that tonight is a big step forward. We have a huge chunk of t...

While the Minister is receiving accolades from the Members behind him for the work that he has do...

I am not going to argue with the right hon. Gentleman. We agree on much more than we disagree on,...

When the Minister read out that long and impressive list of achievements, I think he failed to me...

It was not an extensive list. There are many examples of the Government taking action, and we wil...

Will the Minister give way?

I will, because my right hon. Friend has been involved with the Bill throughout its passage.

I thank the Minister for giving way, because after sitting here for three hours or so, I would ha...

The Bill deals with the export of live animals, not the import of products. I am sure that there ...

I do not want to detain the House for any longer than is strictly necessary.

This is an imp...

It is a pleasure to speak on Third Reading. It was important, when the Animal Welfare (Kept Anima...

I call the SNP spokesman.

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It is a pleasure to speak in the Bill’s Third Reading debate. Before I begin, I thank all Members...

My hon. Friend is making some excellent points about how long it has taken to get to this stage. ...

My hon. Friend is right. The reality is that this place does not match the ambition that we have ...

I simply want to use the opportunity of Third Reading to emphasise the point I made on Second Rea...

I thank my right hon. Friend for responding to this very important issue on behalf of the Democra...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right that Northern Ireland is regarded as a place that has to be tr...