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After their election in 2019, the Government followed through on manifesto promises with the publication of the Action Plan for Animal Welfare, a package of commitments within three flagship bills which together have the potential to make the UK a world-leader in animal welfare. These are the Animal Sentience, Kept Animals, and Animals Abroad Bills.

Animal health and welfare bills receive Royal Assent, further strengthen the UK’s position as a world leader for animal health and welfare.

The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) has welcomed the final stage of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill in its passage to becoming UK law.

The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) is delighted to welcome the next stages of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill in its passage to becoming UK law. The Report Stage and Third Reading of the Bill took place yesterday, to be followed by a return to the House of Lords.

The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill [HL] was introduced in the House of Lords on 13 May 2021. We ask MPs to support the important Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill in its final parliamentary stages.

A group of Conservatives have urged the UK government not to abandon its plans to ban imports of foie gras and fur.

Great News! The Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill has come one step closer to becoming enshrined in UK law. The Committee Stage took place in the House of Commons on 10 February and it passed to the Report Stage

Today the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation has welcomed an amendment laid by Patron Henry Smith MP to the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill on the handling and transport of laying hens prior to slaughter.

We ask MPs to attend and support this important bill on Tuesday the 18th of January. Please contact your MP to support the Bill

The Environment Bill is now law.
This legislation will clean up our air, water and land and help us combat:
Biodiversity loss
Climate change
Waste
These changes will be driven by legally binding environmental targets and will be enforced by a new independent Office for Environmental Protection.

The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, George Eustice, opened the Second Reading of the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill by noting that the UK was the first country in the world to pass legislation to protect animals as long ago as the Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act 1822.

There has never been any question that the Conservative Party believes animals are sentient beings. We have a proud tradition of animal welfare measures. Within weeks of being Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher introduced the Farm Animal Welfare Committee. Since then, Conservative governments have led the way in animal welfare.

We welcome the Government’s announcement that pet abduction will become a criminal offence in the UK, following the publication of a report by the Government’s Pet Theft Taskforce.

The Government has announced fines of up to £5,000 for animal offences proposed under new Penalty Notices Bill.

The Bill will, amongst other animal welfare legislation, bring an end to the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening.

“Factory farming is unsustainable as a system. It is polluting our air and water, killing our wildlife, degrading our soil, and altering our climate.”

Introduction of the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill as part of the Government’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare.

The Government has published more details regarding their action plan for animal welfare asserting that it will revolutionise the treatment of animals in the UK.

The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation welcomes the Government’s commitments to a new legislative agenda to enhance animal welfare, announced in the Queens Speech today (Tuesday 11 May)

“Legislation will also be brought forward to ensure the United Kingdom has, and promotes, the highest standards of animal welfare.”

The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation welcomes Chris Loder MP’s Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill receiving Royal Assent from Her Majesty the Queen.

Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con) moved that this Bill be read a second time.

Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation delighted as Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill Moves to Report Stage on 12 March

Andrew Rosindell MP is introducing to Parliament legislation that would place strict limits on the ability of landlords to include “no pets” policies in rented accommodation.

MP Chris Loder: “We are one step closer to tougher sentencing for those who commit the worst kinds of cruelty on innocent animals.”

Sir David Amess (Patron of CAWF) opened a debate on animal charities and the impact of the pandemic.

Theresa Villiers, patron of CAWF, is a former Environment Secretary, and is MP for Chipping Barnet.

“Two areas of animal welfare concern should be firmly on our list of priorities as the nation’s Parliament. The first is live animal exports…and non-stun slaughter.”