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My Lords, I remind the House of my various interests in the Countryside Alliance, including chairing the organisation. I apologise for being unable to take part in this Report stage earlier, but I was isolating and was only just released less than two hours ago. However, I was watching the proceedings very carefully, and it seemed to me that there was an emerging pattern—a serial rejection of all the amendments proposed by my noble friends and others, whether on issues of retrospectivity, on the composition of the committee, or on the matter of the risk that this committee is going to present …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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Chair, College of Policing (professional body for police service in England and Wales) and Director of associated company
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Nick Herbert Consulting Ltd (member’s own company; he provides services as development consultant and gives strategic guidance and insight); clients are Countryside Alliance, The Project for Modern Democracy and Get Licensed Limited (booking agency for security industry)
Nick Herbert Consulting Ltd (member’s own company; he provides services as development consultant and gives strategic guidance and insight)
Source: Parliament Register of Members' Financial Interests ↗ — updated every week on the Parliament website