Previously called Standing Committees, Public Bill Commitees study proposed legislation (Bills) in detail, debating each clause and reporting any amendments to the Commons for further debate.
There are at least 16 MPs on a Committee, and the proportion of parties reflects the House of Commons, so the government always has a majority.
[Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 102, in clause 1, page 1, line 3, leave out ', except subsections (4) and (5), ''animal means' and insert ' ''animal'' means a vertebrate, a cephalopod or a...
I beg to move amendment No. 105, in clause 2, page 2, line 5, leave out 'or' and insert 'and'.
I beg to move amendment No. 108, in clause 3, page 2, line 9, leave out 'responsible' and insert 'who has accepted responsibility'.
I beg to move amendment No. 5, in clause 4, page 2, line 20, after 'suffer', insert 'whether physically or mentally'.
[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair]
Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 98, in clause 4, page 3, line 4, at end insert— '(3A) For the purposes of this section, an act of abandonment shall be considered to be a form of...
I beg to move amendment No. 100, in clause 5, page 3, line 10, at end insert 'unless he is a veterinary surgeon registered to perform that procedure.'.
I beg to move amendment No. 85, in clause 6, page 3, line 40, at end insert— '(2A) A person can only be found guilty of an offence under subsections (1) or (2) if it is proven that the...
[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 164, in clause 7, page 4, line 3, after ‘arranges’, insert ‘or knowingly publicises’.
[Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 88, in clause 8, page 4, line 17, leave out ‘in all the circumstances’.
I beg to move amendment No. 15, in clause 9, page 4, line 38, leave out subsections (3) to (6) and insert— ‘(2A)A person commits an offence if he offers or gives an animal to another...
I beg to move amendment No. 73, in clause 10, page 5, line 18, at end insert— ‘(1A)Provisions promoting the welfare of animals under subsection (1) may only be made if the appropriate...
Sitting suspended for a Division in the House.
[Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 207, in clause 11, page 6, line 8, at end insert— ‘(1A)A licence shall be required in all circumstances where an animal is used in a commercial...
I beg to move amendment No. 47, in schedule 1, page 33, line 24, leave out ‘3 years’ and insert ‘12 months’. This is the point about the licence period being extended to...
I beg to move amendment No. 79, in clause 12, page 7, line 4, leave out subsection (3). This is probably one of the most brief but important amendments that I have tabled, because it seeks to...
I beg to move amendment No. 81, in clause 13, page 7, line 15, at end insert— ‘()seek to consult publicly with all interested parties and make available the details of the evidence...
I beg to move amendment No. 173, in clause 16, page 8, line 28, leave out subsection (4).
I beg to move amendment No. 153, in clause 17, page 9, line 28, after ‘entry’, insert ‘without warrant’.
I beg to move amendment No. 209, in clause 18, page 10, line 3, at end insert ‘provided that it is satisfied that an information has been laid for an offence under any part of this Act...
Amendment made: No. 137, in clause 19, page 11, line 8, after ‘peace’ insert ‘is’.—[Mr. Bradshaw.]
I beg to move amendment No. 23, in clause 20, page 11, line 26, after ‘8’, insert ‘[Pet fairs],’.
[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 145, in clause 20, page 11, line 26, after ‘8’, insert ‘[Non-domestic animals in circuses],’.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 24, in clause 22, page 12, line 7, at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsection (4),’.
I beg to move amendment No. 212, in clause 26, page 13, line 8, at end insert— ‘(2)Proceedings for a crime under this Act shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the...
I beg to move amendment No. 210, in clause 27, page 13, line 13, leave out paragraph (a) and insert— ‘(a)before the end of the period of twelve months beginning with the date of...
I beg to move amendment No. 158, in clause 28, page 13, line 34, leave out from ‘exceeding’ to end and insert £20,000’.
I beg to move amendment No. 176, in clause 29, page 14, line 20, at end insert— ‘(3A)The court shall not make an order for the destruction of an animal under this section unless it is...
[Mrs. Joan Humble in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment No. 58, in clause 30, page 15, line 11, at end insert ‘(e)from riding, driving or using animals.’. Welcome back to the Committee, Mrs. Humble. The amendment...
I beg to move amendment No. 179, in clause 32, page 16, line 44, leave out subsections (3) and (4) and insert ‘(3)In giving directions which specify the manner in which an animal is to be...
I beg to move amendment No. 34, in clause 34, page 18, line 4, at end insert ‘, where it is reasonable to presume that a threat to public safety exists’.
I beg to move amendment No. 35, in clause 35, page 18, line 41, at end insert ‘or had been trained so to do’. This amendment is an attempt to tease from the Minister the conditions...
I beg to move amendment No. 208, in clause 36, page 19, line 10, at end insert— ‘(aa)in the case of a conviction for an offence under section 5, to an electric collar or similar...
I beg to move amendment No. 186, in clause 37, page 20, line 13, at end insert— ‘(4A)A person appointed under subsection (4)(d) must be a person who the court is satisfied has...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 187, in clause 45, page 25, line 10, at end insert ‘(2A)A person may only be appointed as an inspector under this section if he holds an appropriate...
I beg to move amendment No. 42, in clause 46, page 25, line 40, at end insert ‘for a period of 10 days’. The clause relates to the conditions for the granting of a warrant and sets...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
[Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
Question proposed [this day], That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment No. 43, in clause 54, page 28, line 41, leave out subsections (6) and (7). Many of us who have been in this place for some time are interested in exemptions that apply to...
I beg to move amendment No. 49, in clause 55, page 29, line 6, after ‘orders’, insert ‘, codes’.
I beg to move amendment No. 188, in clause 56, page 29, line 32, at end insert ‘“sale” includes hire, barter and exchange, and related expressions shall be construed...
Amendment proposed: No. 141, in schedule 3, page 39, line 28, at beginning insert— ‘(1)Section 2 of the Pet Animals Act 1951 (pets not to be sold in streets etc.) ceases to have...
I beg to move amendment No. 117, in clause 59, page 30, line 32, after ‘repealed’, insert ‘or revoked’.
Amendment proposed: No. 143, in schedule 4, page 43, line 2, column (2), leave out ‘“docking”’ and insert ‘“nicking”’.—[Mr. Bradshaw.]
Amendment made: No. 140, in clause 60, page 30, line 35, leave out subsection (1).—[Mr. Bradshaw.]
I beg to move amendment No. 45, in clause 62, page 32, line 5, after ‘appoint’, insert ‘within 3 years following the passage of this Act’.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
‘(1)Prior to any prosecutions taking place under section 8, the appropriate authority shall issue a person violating section 8 with a Statutory Improvement Notice which shall state the...
Sitting suspended for a Division in the House.
‘(1)The Secretary of State may, by regulation, establish a UK Animal Welfare Enforcement Database to assist the enforcement of this Act. (2)A UK Animal Welfare Enforcement Database...
‘In section 17(1)(c) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (power of constable to enter and search premises for purpose of arresting a person for offence under specified...
‘The appropriate national authority shall make regulations under section 10 to introduce licensing of all racing greyhound tracks within two years of the day on which this Act is...
Sitting suspended for a Division in the House.
‘(1)Section 11 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69) (“the 1981 Act”) is amended. (2)In subsection (1)(a)— (a)after “position” insert “or...
‘(1)The person responsible for an animal to which this section applies commits an offence if the animal is kept otherwise than in accordance with this section. (2)An enclosure in which any...
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