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Before my noble friend sits down, could he answer the remark of the noble Lord, Lord Trees, that this is Article 13 with bells on? Why is so much added into this legislation, which goes way beyond Article 13? My Lords, I echo my noble friend Lord Robathan’s remarks. I think this a perfectly terrible Bill, and I would like to speak to Amendment 1. The noble Lord, Lord Trees, made the point that this Bill was Article 13 of the EU with bells on. He knows a lot more about this sort of legislation than I do. I hope that the Minister, when he comes to speak to this amendment, will explain why this …full text ↗
I have two questions for my noble friend before he sits down. Does he accept that the Animal Welfare Committee could have been put on a statutory basis and its remit expanded to take in animal sentience? Secondly, if there were a change in Government after the next election, could a Labour Secretary of State put totally new people on the sentience committee? Would the attempt at judicial review not be more likely to be successful if there had been a report from the animal sentience committee saying that there was something illegal about ritual slaughter? Can I just add to my noble friend Lor…full text ↗
Before my noble friend sits down, does she not feel that a sunset clause might in fact be to the great benefit of the Government, because they would not need to have the dramatic act of wrapping up the committee and the Act; it would merely come to its own conclusion? If, on the other hand—unlikely, in my opinion, but not impossible—the committee was doing extremely well, legislation could be introduced to continue it. It is not difficult to extend the life of an Act; it is much more difficult to abolish an Act altogether. If it lapsed automatically, it might be to the advantage of the Governm…full text ↗
Action: Introduces legislation strengthening animal welfare standards in livestock farming — banning cages, ending routine preventative antibiotic use, and limiting the scale of intensive operations.
UK: Higher welfare standards in UK livestock farming may increase production costs, potentially reducing the economic competitiveness of intensive livestock operations relative to plant-based alternatives, which are associated with lower greenhouse gas emissions and land use impacts.
Global: UK animal welfare legislation could raise the floor for export market access standards, encouraging trading partners to adopt similar practices, which may contribute to global reductions in antimicrobial resistance and improvements in animal welfare and environmental sustainability.
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Director, Silphium Asset Management (formerly FM Capital Partners Ltd) (fund manager owned by the Libyan African Investment Portfolio, which manages Libyan frozen assets on behalf of the Libyan Government) (the member's annual earnings for this work is $75,000 plus £1,000 per board meeting)
Director, AREF Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd (property fund owned by the government of Kuwait) (the member's annual earnings for this work is $40,000AUD)
Houses in Surrey from which rental income is received
As a member of the All-Parliamentary Parliamentary Group for the Armed Forces, the member attends breakfast and dinner briefings which in the calendar year exceed £300 in value, all of which are paid for by sources listed in the register of APPGs
As Vice Patron of the Defence Forum the member attends dinners at the Houses of Parliament sponsored by the Defence Forum and paid for by defence industry sponsors
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