The draft Animal Welfare Bill: first report of session 2004-2005. [Vol. 1]: Report, together with formal minutes, and lists of oral, written and unprinted evidence.

House of Commons papers 2004-05 52-I

Corporate Author:

Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee

Author:

Jack Michael chairman

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

The draft Animal Welfare Bill (Cm 6252, ISBN 0101625227), published in July 2004, seeks to consolidate and modernise the current law in England and Wales in line with current animal welfare standards. Amongst its provisions, the draft Bill seeks to establish a duty of care to ensure the welfare of all kept animals, enabling animal welfare organisations to intervene where there is evidence an animal is being kept in conditions likely to lead to suffering, rather than having to wait for evidence that the animal has suffered abuse before legal action can be taken. The Committee's report welcomes the Government's initiative of seeking to modernise and improve animal welfare legislation and supports the introduction of the new welfare offence. However, it also highlights a number of issues which need to be addressed before a final Bill is introduced into Parliament and makes 101 recommendations suggesting modifications either to the draft Bill itself or to its underlying policy.

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