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HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 110, page 3, line 27, leave out “veterinary surgeon” and insert “competent veterinary surgeon with appropriate specialist expertise in the health and…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)I have little to add, other than to say, yet again, that we worry about the licensing system. I was quite struck by clause 4(4)(a), in which the application was to state the “name…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)To reprise the debate: as ever, the danger with licences that may include things is that they may not. While we have no reason to not trust the Government on that, we would much…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)Yes. We will all do exactly as we are told. I understand the Minister’s arguments, so we will not press this amendment to a vote, but I hope she heard our points. There are…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)I listened to the Minister carefully and I too would not want to go against expert advice on this matter. As my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Hallam just said, we would…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 106, in clause 3, page 2, line 15, leave out “may include” and insert “must include but are not limited to”. This amendment would place a responsibility on…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)It is interesting listening to the Minister, because there is a fundamental difference of opinion here. Of course, the welfare of the primate is paramount, but I took her to say…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 105, in clause 2, page 2, line 8, leave out “six” and insert “two”. This amendment would reduce the length of a licence from six years to two . You will be…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)I am slightly surprised that we needed to table this set of amendments, which concern the limited scope and lack of clarity on what the standards will be. We have discussed before…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)Again, there is not a great deal to be said, other than, as with my earlier observation, that we are setting up a complicated system—understandably, if one assumes that the…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)I do not have much to add, other than that I am not sure the general discussion has fully appreciated the role that this schedule plays in the transitional process. As I have…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)This has been a useful exchange, although it also shows some flaws in the way we do things in this House, in the sense that we are having to divine the Government’s thinking…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)I hear that, and I am grateful for the clarification that it effectively adds up to two years. However, I still do not understand where the Government think these creatures are…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 115, in schedule 1, page 34, line 15, leave out— “basic welfare needs of the primate” and insert — “welfare needs of the primate as required by the Animal…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)This is the nub of the question: is it possible for these creatures to be kept in these kind of standards? I am not sure if the issue is whether it should be private or public…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)I am not going to make a longer speech. I am very pleased to see that the Welsh Government have come forward on this Bill. I am sure they would share many of the Opposition’s…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Third sitting)The Minister gives it a good try, and I do not dispute her good intentions, but I think there is a fundamental problem. A number of responsible keepers could mean anything from…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)I think we all welcome the end of exports of livestock for slaughter and fattening for slaughter. It has clearly rightly exercised many of our fellow citizens over many years. The…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)I hear what the Minister says, and we appreciate that there are no exports at the moment, but we do not quite see why the Government would not want to cover the export of adult…16 Nov 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill (Fourth sitting)Everyone would agree with all that, but that is for the future. We are dealing with a generation now. It is not just a generational issue, but groups of people are going into the…16 Nov 2021