Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 15 June 2023.
Virginia Crosbie
Conservative, Ynys Môn
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to announce the members appointed to the Animal Sentience Committee.
Trudy Harrison
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
On 25 May 2023, we announced that the Animal Sentience Committee has been established. The Committee is chaired by Michael Seals CBE, who was appointed on 02 September 2022. He is joined by five experts in animal welfare, who were appointed on 25 May 2023.
The five new members are Professor Richard Bennett, Richard Cooper, Dr Penny Hawkins, Professor Anna Meredith and Professor Christine Nicol.
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