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Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 16 June 2021, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Benyon. The answering member was Baroness Hayman of Ullock.
Lords second reading. Agreed to on question. Bill committed to a Grand Committee. Sitting suspended.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
812 cc1899-1947 
Session
2021-22
Legislative stage
Second reading
Procedure
Hybrid proceedings
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill (HL) 2021-22
Thursday, 13 May 2021
Bills
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Lord Benyon | 812 cc1899-1901 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a privilege to open this debate. Today, in this House, we are opening a new chapt...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 812 cc1901-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest as a chair of the Royal Veterinary College and as a person owned ...


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Baroness Fookes | 812 cc1902-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests with the RSPCA as set out in the register. Given that, naturally...

Lord Randall of Uxbridge | 812 cc1904-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests in conservation and wildlife organisations, as set out in the re...

Lord Etherton | 812 c1905 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful to the Minister for his introduction and description in broad terms of how the...

Baroness Hodgson of Abinger | 812 cc1905-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend the Minister for introducing this much-awaited Bill, the first ...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 812 cc1907-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we have waited some time for this Bill. I have here my speech on the EU withdrawal Bill...

Lord Herbert of South Downs | 812 cc1908-1910 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest as set out in the register and my position in the Countryside All...

Baroness Mallalieu | 812 cc1910-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interests as president of the Horse Trust, president of the Countryside Al...

Lord Forsyth of Drumlean | 812 cc1912-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I agree with almost everything that the noble Baroness has just said, and it is a pleas...

Lord Howard of Rising | 812 c1914 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a privilege to follow my noble friend Lord Forsyth, even if it is, I am afraid, g...

Baroness Deech | 812 cc1914-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this Bill is unsatisfactory on at least four grounds: it is unnecessary; it duplicates ...

Baroness Foster of Oxton | 812 cc1916-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome the debate on the Bill, which I hope will bring about further improvements in...

Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 812 cc1917-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome the Bill and hope that it gets its Second Reading this afternoon. I welcome, ...

Lord Hannan of Kingsclere | 812 cc1918-1920 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest as a neighbour and, I flatter myself, a friend of the Minister. I...

Lord Sarfraz | 812 cc1920-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest with several not-for-profit organisations working on animal welfa...

Lord Moylan | 812 cc1921-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Hannan of Kingsclere, asks what the purpose of the Bill is. We all...

Lord Lexden | 812 c1922 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Mancroft, has withdrawn, so I call the noble Lord, Lord Sheikh.

Lord Sheikh | 812 cc1922-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome this Bill as I have always believed that animals are sentient beings and that...

Lord Lexden | 812 c1924 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Gardner of Parkes, who is next on the speakers’ list, has with...

Lord Trees | 812 cc1924-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a significant Bill, which, in general, I support. It can have good consequences...

Lord Bellingham | 812 cc1926-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Trees, who obviously has a brilliant aca...

Lord Bhatia | 812 cc1927-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill would enshrine the recognition of the sentience of ...

Lord Russell of Liverpool | 812 c1928 (Link to this contribution)

The noble Earl, Lord Shrewsbury, has withdrawn from the debate, so I call the next speaker, the n...

Baroness Redfern | 812 cc1928-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am pleased and proud to take part in this debate. I warmly welcome the Animal Welfare...

Unknown | 812 cc1929-1930 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am content with the Bill, the gist of its purpose and the role that the proposed comm...

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering | 812 cc1930-2 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to follow my noble friend and contribute to this debate. I declare my interests, a...

Viscount Ridley | 812 cc1931-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, animal sentience is a fact, not a principle, let alone a policy. We have recognised thi...

Earl of Erroll | 812 cc1933-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I first declare an interest in farming in that my family farms, but I am handing everyt...

Lord Robathan | 812 cc1935-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have heard a large number of quite excellent speeches—some funny, some learned—and I ...

Lord Pearson of Rannoch | 812 cc1937-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I propose to speak in favour of electric dog-training collars and against non-stun hala...

Earl of Caithness | 812 cc1938-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I regret that my noble friend the Minister has been landed with this as his first Bill ...

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville | 812 cc1939-1942 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, and to take part in this wid...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 812 cc1941-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is an important Bill, and I thank all those who have spoken in the debate today. W...

Lord Benyon | 812 cc1944-8 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful to your Lordships for insightful and constructive contributions to today’s deb...

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