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HANSARDPhilippines: Typhoon OdetteMy Lords, I do not think it is possible to provide an exact answer—05 Jan 2022HANSARDPhilippines: Typhoon OdetteMy Lords, that is perhaps the most difficult issue for the department to grapple with. Shortly we will produce our international development review, which seeks to address exactly…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPhilippines: Typhoon OdetteMy Lords, the UK has been a reliable humanitarian partner to the Philippines for some time. We supported the responses to Typhoon Rolly last year and to the devastating Typhoon…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPhilippines: Typhoon OdetteMy Lords, there have been really significant impacts to livelihoods and a wide number of sectors, including food production, in the areas worst hit by the storm. Around 133,000…05 Jan 2022HANSARDPhilippines: Typhoon OdetteMy Lords, the only information I have in relation to British nationals is with regard to our consular services and support.05 Jan 2022HANSARDPhilippines: Typhoon OdetteBecause I do not think that answer exists, and it is hard to assess. However, our support for humanitarian crises remains a priority, and that will be reflected in our upcoming…05 Jan 2022HANSARDInternational Development StrategyMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord McConnell, for tabling this debate and for his continued interest in the international development strategy. He made an…16 Dec 2021HANSARDInternational Development StrategyAs I said to the noble Lord, Lord Collins, the strategic importance of Africa, and of north Africa, will be reflected in the international development strategy. In the remaining…16 Dec 2021HANSARDSmuggling: Kittens and PuppiesMy noble friend makes an important point. That is not addressed in this legislation or the proposals that we have put forward, but we are raising standards of animal welfare…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSmuggling: Kittens and PuppiesMy Lords, I am aware of the position taken by the Dogs Trust. We conducted extensive research and engagement right across the sector to try to understand the ideal limit that…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSmuggling: Kittens and PuppiesMy Lords, there are currently no plans to bring in a dog registration system of the sort that the noble Baroness mentions, but I would be very willing to have that discussion with…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSmuggling: Kittens and PuppiesMy noble friend might well be right. If he is, I hope that that will come clear as we go through all the responses that we have had to the consultation, but based on what we know…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSmuggling: Kittens and PuppiesMy Lords, No. 10 and, indeed, the Prime Minister have clearly and emphatically pushed back against any such suggestion today. The noble Lord shakes his head, but I can tell him…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSmuggling: Kittens and PuppiesMy Lords, there are no proposed changes to the animal health requirements of pets entering Great Britain within this Bill, as our focus here is on stopping low-welfare practices…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSmuggling: Kittens and PuppiesMy Lords, two years ago we introduced Lucy’s law, whose purpose was to tackle unscrupulous breeders in this country. One of its components was a requirement that, where people…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSmuggling: Kittens and PuppiesMy Lords, we believe that the network of agencies and stakeholders that work on puppy smuggling are doing a good job. We are not planning to change this, but we will work closely…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSmuggling: Kittens and PuppiesMy Lords, there is no doubt that, during the Covid pandemic, we saw a spike in the acquisition of pets of all sorts, particularly dogs. As the pandemic has come—we hope —to an…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSmuggling: Kittens and PuppiesMy Lords, the proposal that we have put forward involves banning the import of heavily pregnant dogs for welfare reasons. We do not think that that needs to extend to pregnant…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSmuggling: Kittens and PuppiesMy Lords, an unacceptable number of low-welfare establishments provide puppies and dogs for the UK market from overseas. In taking the measures that we are taking, there is…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSmuggling: Kittens and PuppiesMy Lords, the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill outlines how the Government will fulfil their manifesto commitment to, among other things, crack down on puppy smuggling and…07 Dec 2021