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.