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HANSARDDraft Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. The regulations…17 Jan 2024HANSARDDraft Wine (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2024I actually think they will be marketed by the half-bottle—in my limited experience, dessert wines tend to come in half-bottles. If the hon. Gentleman reaches for the internet when…17 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill (Instruction)This Bill is genuinely a Brexit benefit: we are able to take control of our ports within GB and stop the live export of animals for slaughter or for fattening. That is a genuine…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill As my hon. Friend will know, I am not responsible for EU legislation. During conversations with friends in the EU, I have been told that they are currently looking at the issue of…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I will give way to my hon. Friend, but I will come back to the hon. Lady.15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill It was not an extensive list. There are many examples of the Government taking action, and we will continue to do so.15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I am not going to argue with the right hon. Gentleman. We agree on much more than we disagree on, and I will not sour this moment by being drawn into such an argument. The right…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill As ever, my right hon. Friend is absolutely right.15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I hope the hon. Lady will recognise that tonight is a big step forward. We have a huge chunk of the kept animals Bill, and I believe that early in March there will be a private…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I am grateful to my hon. Friend, and I am also grateful to all my colleagues who have supported the legislation during its passage through the House.15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I could do it in both if you allow, Dame Eleanor.15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I have held the hon. Lady back for too long, so I will give way, but I am conscious that we need to move on.15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill (Instruction)As the right hon. Gentleman knows from our discussions last week, I am enormously sympathetic to his view but, as he will be aware, those movements from the Republic of Ireland to…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I am delighted to speak to the amendments and grateful to hon. Members for their continued interest and engagement in ensuring that this ban on live animal exports for slaughter…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill The Bill deals with the export of live animals, not the import of products. I am sure that there will be many opportunities for colleagues to continue to raise animal welfare…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill A number of Opposition Members have commented that the Government have done very little for animal welfare. It is worth my pointing out that we have recognised animal sentience in…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for not only his comments but his campaigning against the export of horses for slaughter. He is a tenacious campaigner in this area and I pay…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I am not someone who understands subtlety all the time, but on this occasion you seem to have broken through, Dame Eleanor. I will take your inspiration and leave my comments for…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill (Instruction)My right hon. Friend is right in that live exports from Northern Ireland to the Republic will be able to continue; that is good for the Northern Irish agricultural economy and we…15 Jan 2024HANSARD Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. It has been a privilege to shepherd the Bill through the House, delivering on our manifesto commitment to end live animal…15 Jan 2024