Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill

The Bill was carried over from Session 2021-22 and was awaiting its report stage and third reading.

Time ran out, under Standing No. 80A (Carryover of Bills) as applied by the Order of the House of 25 April 2022, on 8 June 2023, two years after the bill’s original first reading on 8 June 2021.

On 25 May 2023, the Minister for Food, Farming and Fisheries (Mark Spencer) announced that the Government would be taking forward measures from the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill individually during the remainder of this Parliament