Legislation, Policy & Bills
Animal Welfare Senticing Bill Completes Second Reading in House of Lords
Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con) moved that this Bill be read a second time.
19 April 2021
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Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation
Sunday Telegraph: “Meet the woman driving the Government’s animal welfare policies – and it’s not Carrie Symonds”
“The ‘unofficial whip’ on untraditional policies, such as banning foie gras and fur, is an artist and grassroots campaigner from Surrey.
7 April 2021
“Ministers are drawing up plans to clamp down on cages used in farming” -The Telegraph
Ministers are also drawing up plans to clamp down on cages used in farming, which are still used for young broiler chickens, hens, pigs, and game birds. They hope to announce new laws as part of a raft of animal welfare measures to show that the UK can commit to higher standards now it has left the EU.
26 March 2021
Mandatory Labelling
Minister Victoria Prentis: Animal Welfare Labelling consultation to take place in June
International Trade Comittee: UK trade negotiations – 25th March 2021
The committee considered and heard evidence on how to best make labelling work both for imports and domestic products and produce.
26 March 2021
Wildlife
Telegraph: Ban on Hare Shooting Under Consideration by the Government
Our sister organisation Conservatives Against Fox Hunting introduced the Blue Hare campaign for a closed season for hares in 2011 to the House of Commons. A close season for hares is under consideration by the Government.
18 March 2021
Legislation, Policy & Bills
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation delighted as Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill Moves to Report Stage on 12 March
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation delighted as Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill Moves to Report Stage on 12 March
11 March 2021
End Farrowing Crates
Sir David Amess – Bill to end pig farrowing crates
“It gives me great pleasure to present the Pig Husbandry (Farrowing) Bill. The aim of the Bill is to prohibit the cruel and unnatural use of farrowing crates.”
11 March 2021
Fish Welfare
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation Unveils New Report on Fish Welfare
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation launches its new Fish Welfare report. The UK was one of the first countries to introduce animal welfare legislation. However, fish have typically been left out of this progress.
5 March 2021
End Live Exports
Live Exports Submission to Defra from our Patron Chris Loder MP
I urge the Government to fulfil our manifesto pledge to ban live animal exports as I outlined in the House of Commons of Friday 23rd October 2020.
3 March 2021
‘Dying like flies’: A million chickens die on way from farm to abattoir each year
Chickens are “dying like flies” in their millions while being transported from farms to abattoirs because of poorly ventilated lorries, a whistleblower has told the Guardian.
1 March 2021
End Live Exports
Exported cattle stranded at sea for two months – an appalling animal welfare crisis
One of two livestock ships at sea since mid-December with thousands of cattle on board is now at the Spanish port of Cartagena, but the fate of its cargo is unclear.
26 February 2021
Legislation, Policy & Bills
Andrew Rosindell MP – Jasmine’s Law
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.
19 February 2021
End Farrowing Crates
Sir David Amess MP will lead a Ten Minute Rule Bill on prohibiting the use of farrowing crates
There are 500,000 sows in the UK, 55% are caged. The crates severely restrict the sow’s movement and her strong instinct to build a nest before giving birth.
19 February 2021
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation
Fortnum & Mason to stop selling foie gras after campaign by celebrities
“Lorraine Platt, the co-founder of the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation, the influential network of which Prime Minister’s fiancée Carrie Symonds is a member has been part of the protests.”
Telegraph Feb 10th 2021
11 February 2021
Legislation, Policy & Bills
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill Committee Stage on 3rd of Feb
MP Chris Loder: “We are one step closer to tougher sentencing for those who commit the worst kinds of cruelty on innocent animals.”
1 February 2021
Legislation, Policy & Bills
Sir David Amess leads Adjournment Debate: The Impact of Covid-19 on Animal Charities.
Sir David Amess (Patron of CAWF) opened a debate on animal charities and the impact of the pandemic.
21 January 2021
Prime Minister says he is ‘taking a stand’ against cruel Japanese whale killing.
Boris Johnson vows to ‘take a stand’ against Japanese whale killing
20 January 2021
Wildlife
Prime Minister’s Adress to the One Planet Summit
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s gives an address to the One Planet Summit.
20 January 2021
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation
Telegraph.co.uk – Our MP Patrons Sir David Amess and Henry Smith Call for a Ban on Supertrawlers in UK Waters
Supertrawlers will be free to plunder Britain’s waters post-Brexit, Government sources have admitted.
11 January 2021
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from CAWF
As 2020 draws to a close, a year unlike any other for all of us, we would like to wish you a Happy Festive Season and a joyful, peaceful New Year.
24 December 2020
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) are Delighted to Welcome Chris Loder MP as a Patron
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation (CAWF) are delighted to welcome Chris Loder MP as a Patron.
7 December 2020
End Live Exports
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab MP Officially Opens Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation’s New Office
Foreign Secretary The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP officially new office in Hampton Court.
4 December 2020
End Live Exports
Plans to Ban the Export of Live Animals for Slaughter and Fattening Unveiled by the Environment Secretary
The Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation welcomes the Government’s announcement of the consultation.
3 December 2020
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation welcomes the release of the Agricultural Transition Plan 2021 to 2024
Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation welcomes the release of the Agricultural Transition Plan 2021 to 2024
30 November 2020
Legislation, Policy & Bills
Theresa Villiers: Ministers Need To Ensure Britain’s Trade Partners Meet Our Agricultural Standards
Theresa Villiers, patron of CAWF, is a former Environment Secretary, and is MP for Chipping Barnet.
10 November 2020
Wildlife
Celebrities, MPs And British Public Call On The PM To Support A Wildlife Trade Ban At G20 Meeting
Celebrities, MPs and British public call on the PM to support a wildlife trade ban at G20 meeting of global leaders.
6 November 2020
Brexit
Trade and Agriculture Commission Put On Statutory Footing
It will provide scrutiny and it will report to Parliament on each new trade deal and help ensure our standards are not undermined in new trade deals.
2 November 2020
Legislation, Policy & Bills
Chris Loder MP Delivers Speech in Second Reading Of His Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill
“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.”
30 October 2020
Legislation, Policy & Bills
Government Backs Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill as it Takes Crucial Step Forward
Success! Chris Loder’s Private Members Bill on Animal Welfare (Sentencing) has passed its second reading.
22 October 2020
End Live Exports
Concern Over UK Cattle Slaughtered In Middle East – BBC News
Livestock from the UK is being shipped to the Middle East and slaughtered in “dreadful, terrifying” ways, animal welfare charities claim.
14 October 2020