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HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The clause outlines the steps that local authorities will take when determining an application for a primate licence. The clause ensures that a licence is granted to those who…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The clause sets out that the Secretary of State will provide licensing standards via regulations for the care and management of primates kept under the licence. They will be…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The Bill provides for the creation of a primate licensing scheme that exempts licence holders from the prohibition on keeping primates in England and Wales. Clause 4 outlines who…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)We all agree that those carrying out inspections should be competent to do so. With his depth of knowledge, my hon. Friend the Member for Penrith and The Border reminded us that…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The schedule clearly sets out the circumstances in which a person may appeal a local authority’s decision. That includes decisions on applications for a primate licence or…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)When the UK harmonised its pet movement rules with the EU in 2012, we saw a significant increase in pet movements into Great Britain. Evidence from stakeholders suggests that that…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)The clause makes provision for the seizure and disposal—we hope by rehoming, where possible—of dogs in connection with disqualification orders introduced in clause 32. The clause…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)The clause provides further detail on how the disqualification orders introduced in clause 32 will be put into practice. The clause sets out the rights of the offender to apply…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)The clause provides further detail on how the disqualification and destruction orders will work. A person who fails to comply with the requirement to deliver up a dog as imposed…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)The clause ensures that control, destruction and disqualification orders are not acted upon until the offender or dog owner has had the opportunity to appeal and had that appeal…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)This is an interesting clause—16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)And they are Welsh—yes, indeed. From Pembrokeshire, not from the Gower. The clause sets out how part 2 binds the Crown. The Crown should be bound by clauses 26 to 41 on livestock…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)Crown premises are defined as “premises held, or used, by or on behalf of the Crown.”16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)You are of course right, Mr Davies. This part of the Bill is trying to bind the Crown—to ensure the Bill applies to the Crown. As I said in a slightly tongue-in-cheek way, the…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)I ask that clause 38 does not stand part of the Bill. New clause 3, in my name, will bring the parliamentary procedures for all regulation-making powers in the Bill into one…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)The hon. Gentleman is right. We have carried over the existing language from the 1953 Act relating to assistance and working dogs. I listened to what he and colleagues said on…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)Diolch yn fawr. The debate has been useful and thoughtful, and I thank the hon. Members for Cambridge and for Ceredigion for their contributions. I am afraid that we will not…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)The clause defines exactly what constitutes worrying livestock and sets out the exemptions.16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)I absolutely understand the tenor of what the hon. Gentleman is saying. Precisely for that reason, I refer him to the new and refreshed countryside code that was put out by…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)I remind the hon. Lady that it is not enough for the dog walker merely to think their dog will come back when called. The dog must actually come back when called. Question put,…16 Nov 2021