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HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)New clause 3 brings provisions relating to the parliamentary procedures that must be used when making regulations under parts 1, 2 and 3 into one clause that will be inserted into…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)I may have misunderstood the hon. Gentleman, but I fear that he may have got ahead of himself again in talking about clause 22. With your permission, Mr Davies, I will deal with…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)On the clauses that we are now discussing, we have carefully considered the parliamentary procedures. All powers to make regulations should be subject to the affirmative…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)I have heard what the hon. Gentleman said. This clause provides the Secretary of State with a power to introduce regulations to amend part 1 of the Bill to regulate the keeping of…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)The clause provides that a person who owns or is in charge of a dog will be guilty of an offence if the dog attacks or worries livestock on any agricultural land or a road, path…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)The clause defines the meaning of the word “keep” in part 1. It is necessary to ensure that the provisions apply to the right people. A person does not “keep” a primate if they…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)The clause provides definitions of the terms used in the primate provisions in the Bill. It confirms that “primate” means an animal of any species other than man that belongs to…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)I thought it might.16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)This clause targets reoffending—cases where either the same dogs are found attacking livestock repeatedly, or where an owner has several dogs that worry livestock. It is important…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)The clause introduces powers to improve the ability of the police to investigate incidents of dogs attacking or worrying livestock. In creating the Bill, we worked closely with…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)If the Committee wants to know a fun fact, the Crown is not bound by the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. Corgis are not dangerous—well, certainly not under that Act, anyway.16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 29 enables a justice of the peace to authorise the police—again, this has been asked for—to enter and search premises in connection with offences where a dog is believed to…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 30 enables the courts to make control orders after conviction of an offence under clause 26, if the dog was found not to have been under proper control at the time of the…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 31 introduces a power for the court to order that a dog be destroyed after a person has been convicted of an offence under clause 26, if the court is satisfied that there…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)Destruction orders are, of course, already available to the courts in relation to dogs that are dangerous and not kept under proper control, including in some cases—through other…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)As the hon. Gentleman has said, legislation has been in place since 1953. It was amended substantially in 1981 and is operable at this point. The new legislation, following our…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)I might be able to help. I am trying to find the right clause, but I reassure the hon. Gentleman that one of the clauses repeals the 1953 Act. Much of the wording is the same, but…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)The clause allows the courts to make a disqualification order if a person is convicted of an offence of a dog attacking or worrying livestock, or of breaching a control order…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. As I said at the conclusion of the Second Reading debate, this House has been passing animal welfare legislation…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 3, in clause 1, page 1, line 7, leave out “anywhere in England”. This amendment results in Part 1 of the Bill applying to Wales. There follow a number of…16 Nov 2021