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Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Draft Animal Welfare Bill inquiry

Inquiry by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, 22 December 2017 to 23 April 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

2nd Report - Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill (1 February 2018)
7th Special Report - Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017: Government Response to the Committee’s Second Report (23 April 2018)

Evidence sessions

17 January 2018: Mike Radford, Reader in Law, University of Aberdeen, and Sir Stephen Laws KCB, QC, former First Parliamentary Counsel; Penny Hawkins, Head of Research Animals, RSPCA Science Group, Paula Boyden, Veterinary Director, Dog's Trust, and Michael Webb, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home (at 10.15am).