Nigel Farage has defended his claims during the Brexit referendum that net migration could be reduced to 50,000. He also said the government will continue supporting Private Members' Bills, including ones that would ban the import of hunting trophies and shark fins.
He did, however, announce steps the government will be taking immediately, including an 'animal sentience committee' to advise on animal welfare, and a consultation on new financial penalties of up to £5,000 for harming animals, such as keeping them in poor conditions. "And in particular, Labour is clearly determined to play political games by widening the scope of this bill."
The bill risked being extended far beyond the original commitments in the manifesto and the action plan. He said: "Unfortunately this multi-issue nature means that there has been considerable scope creep.
More powers for police to stop dogs harming animals Įxplaining the decision to pass the measures individually, Mr Spencer blamed the opposition for trying to expand the bill's scope far beyond the government's original commitments. A ban on the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening - and the UK would have been the first European country to do so. Tighter pet transport rules to stop 'puppy smuggling'. The bill would have introduced a number of animal welfare measures, including: It was carried over from the 2021-22 session of parliament, having become bogged down in the legislative process. This piece of legislation was first introduced by former Environment Secretary George Eustice, and it had its first reading in the Commons in June 2021. He insisted that the government is "still committed" to the measures that were promised in the 2019 Tory manifesto, and pre-emptively defended the government by opening his statement listing in detail Conservative measures to protect animal welfare passed since 2010. The government has announced that the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill - that has been bogged down in parliament since 2021 - will be scrapped.Īddressing MPs in the Commons, Defra minister Mark Spencer said that the legislation had become so expansive that ministers have decided it would be easier to pass the measures individually.
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