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HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)Under this clause, a primate licence lasts for six years, as long as the licence holder meets the conditions of their licence.16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The clause sets out the steps to be taken in the unfortunate event of the death of a primate licence holder. It is necessary to allow the deceased licence holder’s personal…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The clause gives the local authority the power to arrange for an inspection of the premises specified in the licence as a means of assuring that the licence holder is meeting the…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The clause gives the local authority the ability to charge fees for the processing of applications and for conducting inspections relating to a primate licence. It will ensure…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)Of course. We cannot specify at this point, for the reasons given, what a typical fee for this licence may be. The fees will reflect local authority costs for administration of…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)This clause will enable the local authority to monitor the welfare of any unlicensed primates, and ensure their basic welfare needs are met while they remain in the care of their…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The work is going on at the moment, and I would be delighted to keep the hon. Gentleman in the loop as it continues. Licence holders will have the choice as to whether they wish…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The clause makes it an offence for a licence holder under this part to fail to meet the general licence condition attached to their licence. The penalty for this offence is set at…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)Clause 13 authorises the local authority to serve a rectification notice on a licence holder if they fail to meet any of the licensing standards. This will provide licence holders…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)This clause sets out the circumstances in which a local authority is obligated, or has the option, to revoke or vary a primate licence unilaterally. These powers should enable…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)I am so sorry to disappoint the hon. Gentleman. It is already the case that when an animal is euthanised—this is an awful subject to be discussing—it must be done humanely. Under…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The clause will help to ensure compliance with the new licensing system, and provide local authorities with a better ability to enforce higher standards of animal welfare. I urge…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The clause will prohibit anyone from selling, gifting or transferring a primate to a person who does not hold a relevant licence, with the knowledge or with reasonable grounds to…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The clause sets out that a person who does not hold a relevant licence commits an offence if they take steps to breed a primate under their care with another primate, or where…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The clause, together with schedule 4, gives power of entry to a person authorised by the local authority; it is to be used in relation to one of the offences that we have already…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The schedule provides local authorities with a power to support investigation and enforcement in respect of offences in the Bill relating to the keeping, breeding and sale or…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)As I have said several times, we certainly intend to develop guidance on the implementation of these primate measures, and in doing so we will continue to engage closely with…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Mr Davies. The clause indicates the intention that the Secretary of State will give guidance to local authorities in…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)The information required under the clause will enable the Government to build a national view of how different local authorities use their powers under the Bill. It will also…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 26, in clause 22, page 12, line 1, leave out from beginning to second “provision” in line 2 and insert “The consequential, supplementary, or incidental…16 Nov 2021