Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]

My Lords, I commented earlier in Committee on the potential problem which would be created if exi...

I support my noble friend Lord Howard of Rising’s amendment, to which I have put my name. It stri...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendments 18 and 23, which carry my name, and in support of A...

One of the worst things in this Bill, with its miasma of uncertainty, is its retrospective effect...

My Lords, the conspiracy theorists among you will wonder whether the insufferable heat in this Ro...

Oh!

However, I can assure noble Lords that that is not how I operate. I am looking forward to lengthy...

I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Bellingham.

My Lords, I have a quick question to ask the Minister. The cost of the committee will be very sub...

I am sorry, but I did not quite hear the last part of the question. I wonder whether my noble fri...

Yes, indeed. If these amendments are passed, they will obviously greatly restrict the remit of th...

I understand the question and apologise for missing it first time. No, I cannot give my noble fri...

I have also received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton of ...

I want to follow up on the comments from the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, about ritual slaughter. ...

If my noble friend is referring to the article that I read at the weekend, it was full of inaccur...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate, and I am heartened that bo...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 20.

Amendment 20

Moved by

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

20: Clause 2, page 1, line 10, leave out “may”...

My Lords, before speaking to my amendments, I should just say that there is a certain underwater ...

My Lords, I will speak to these amendments because I have an amendment in my name, which I will c...

My Lords, Clause 2 sets out the manner in which the animal sentience committee reports. In partic...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 38, in the name of my noble friend Lord Caithness, to which I...

My Lords, although I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, and my noble frien...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 27 and 41, in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Jones ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Trees. This group of amendments is vari...

In this group, I support Amendment 46 in the name of my noble friend Lady Young, to which I have ...

I entirely agree: this has been a really interesting discussion.

I thank the noble Baroness...

I have received requests to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Robathan, and the ...

I am moved to intervene briefly because the noble Baroness, Lady Jones, said that the people want...

Quite a lot actually.

Oh!

I will explain why. My noble friend was—as the previous Speaker used to say—a great denizen of th...

Perhaps my noble friend might list the constituents who wrote to him.

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his very full reply. He did comment on my amendment; ...

I am grateful to my noble friend, and I hope to be able to reassure him. The job of the animal se...

My Lords, I think that I may be interrupted by a vote at some point so I will try to be quick, al...

I apologise to the noble Baroness but I must adjourn the Committee for five minutes.

3.48 p...

My Lords, the Committee is resumed and I call the noble Baroness, Lady Jones.

Finally, I thank the Minister for his simple explanation of how the two committees will work. Tha...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 28.

Amendment 28

Moved by

Lord Moylan

28: Clause 2, page 1, line 16, at end insert “, but such recomme...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 28, which is supported by my noble friends Lord Trenchard an...

My Lords, I have added my name to my noble friend Lord Moylan’s amendment. It brings us back to t...

My Lords, I support Amendments 28 and 42 in the name of my noble friend Lord Moylan; I have added...

The noble Lord, Lord Howard of Rising, has withdrawn so I call the noble Lord, Lord Benyon.

I thank my noble friend Lord Moylan for his Amendments 28 and 42. Members of the animal sentience...

My Lords, I have received one request to speak after the Minister. I call the noble Baroness, Lad...

My Lords, I just want to refer to the contribution made by the noble Lord, Lord Hamilton of Epsom...

My Lords, there is a Division in the Chamber. The Committee stands adjourned for five minutes.