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HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]I am grateful to noble Lords and to my noble friend Lord Mancroft for his Amendments 12 and 43. There is much I could say that would repeat what I said on earlier groups about the…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]I apologise if I did not answer that point; I am conscious that I did not. My noble friend Lady McIntosh asked: if a committee is created by statute, how do you uncreate it? The…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]I can assure the noble Earl that I am open to discussions on any area of the Bill where I feel we can make it better without creating hostages to fortune. I do not want to create…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]I thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering for the opportunity to explain the approach behind Clause 1. Before I do that, perhaps I should clarify once and for all that…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]It would be the height of arrogance to say that I was just going to walk into this Committee Room, sit here and leave without taking note of what noble Lords have said. We will be…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]The noble Baroness has made her point very clearly, and it is on the record.06 Jul 2021HANSARDLivestock Feed: Processed Animal ProteinMy Lords, the EU is introducing changes that follow the World Organisation for Animal Health feed rules, and its own agreed road map. These permit the feeding of porcine processed…06 Jul 2021HANSARDLivestock Feed: Processed Animal ProteinMy Lords, I first say to my noble friend that the experience of BSE has scarred both me and the Agriculture Minister, Victoria Prentis; we both well remember that awful time. I…06 Jul 2021HANSARDLivestock Feed: Processed Animal ProteinMay I reassure the noble Lord that we are not talking about BSE here? We are talking about the products of pigs and poultry, for which there is no evidence of transmissible…06 Jul 2021HANSARDLivestock Feed: Processed Animal ProteinThe EU made this announcement in May, but it had been under discussion for a long time—even when we were an EU member. It does not affect trade in Northern Ireland or in this…06 Jul 2021HANSARDLivestock Feed: Processed Animal ProteinI entirely understand the point my noble friend makes, but we must not conflate issues relating to trade agreements with this particular issue. We have the highest standard here,…06 Jul 2021HANSARDLivestock Feed: Processed Animal ProteinProcessed animal proteins have long been established as part of the rendering process. As a result of BSE, changes were made to prevent them. Currently, all processed animal…06 Jul 2021HANSARDLivestock Feed: Processed Animal ProteinI understand the point that the noble Lord makes. The truth is that products will be coming from around the world—from the EU and beyond—into supermarkets in Northern Ireland and…06 Jul 2021HANSARDLivestock Feed: Processed Animal ProteinThe potential use of insect protein is an attractive concept, along with other potential changes to livestock feed controls. They will require careful consideration, assessment of…06 Jul 2021HANSARDLivestock Feed: Processed Animal ProteinI will take that last point away and try to give the noble Baroness some reassurance. These are not state secrets, and there is nothing that I fear sharing with anybody about the…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]My Lords, I would never have the temerity to say that anything was perfect in this world, and legislation is a messy process. I assure my noble friend that I believe that we are…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords for their amendments and hope to provide some reassurance and clarity. I start with Amendment 2, in the name of my noble friend Lord Forsyth, who, as my noble…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]I am grateful to my noble friend. I will write to him about the committee’s make-up and remit and repeat any points he may have missed in our conversations or in earlier…06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]I am grateful to the noble Lord for that clarity and entirely endorse what he says.06 Jul 2021HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL]I thank noble Lords for their interest in the Bill. I feel as if I were sailing a path between Scylla and Charybdis, but I shall try to review the points raised—and I hope that,…06 Jul 2021