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Animals

  • Research Briefing

    Antarctic Bill – Committee Stage

    Thursday, 17 January, 2013

    The Antarctic Bill is presented as a Private Member’s Bill by Neil Carmichael MP. This note sets out the issues discussed in the Bill Committee on 21 November 2012. These included: the timing of the enactment of the provisions relating to the liability annex, compatibility with existing shipping liability provisions, and the wider issue of the future of the British Antarctic Survey.

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    • Animals
    • Farming and fishing
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • Overseas territories
    • Transport
  • Research Briefing

    Cormorants and fisheries

    Wednesday, 05 September, 2012

    This short note sets out the background to a current review of predation at fisheries by fish-eating birds, which is being undertaken by Defra. The Angling Trust's Action on Cormorants campaign has resulted in many Members receiving representations on this subject.

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
    • Farming and fishing
  • Research Briefing

    Animal Experiments: Stray and Feral Animals

    Tuesday, 26 June, 2012

    This notes covers the transposition on the EU Directive on animal experiments and the concerns raised about stray animals.

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
    • Sciences
  • Research Briefing

    Sheep

    Friday, 22 June, 2012

    this note covers issues of importance to sheep farming, including welfare, electronic tagging and diseases

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
  • Research Briefing

    Pigs

    Monday, 11 June, 2012

    This note covers problems faced by pig farmers, partly because of stricter welfare legislation in the UK than elsewhere in the European Union

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
  • Research Briefing

    Religious slaughter

    Monday, 11 June, 2012

    This note deals with the concession allowing religious slaughter of animals without pre-stunning

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
    • Communities
    • Environment
    • Farming and fishing
  • Research Briefing

    Battery hens

    Monday, 05 March, 2012

    Unenriched battery cages were widely used to keep laying hens until 2012. This note covers law, welfare issues and the EU ban on this practice, and the new requirment for enriched cages.

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
  • Research Briefing

    Animal cloning

    Tuesday, 22 February, 2011

    A number of commentators have raised concerns about the implications of animal cloning for food safety, food supply and animal welfare. Others stress that animal cloning has the potential to improve animal welfare and farming productivity. It may even be used in the conservation of endangered species. This note sets out background information on the different arguments and the regulatory controls on the use of this technology in food production.

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
    • Environment
    • Farming and fishing
    • Health
    • Sciences
  • Research Briefing

    Cosmetics Testing on Animals: EU Ban

    Tuesday, 08 February, 2011

    This note covers a proposed EU ban on the use in cosmetics of any ingredients tested on animals. Currently ingredients tested on animals outside the EU are allowed but are due to be phased out by 2013.

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
    • Sciences
  • Research Briefing

    Marine litter: ‘continents’ of rubbish

    Thursday, 01 July, 2010

    A large amount of plastic is accumulating in large areas of the sea. These areas have been dubbed 'great garbage patches' or 'plastic continents'. The long term environmental impacts of marine plastic pollution are unknown. There are concerns that it may lead to chemical contaminants entering the food chain, although more research is required.

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
    • Environment
    • Transport
  • Research Briefing

    Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]: Committee Stage Report. Bill 137 2008-09.

    Sunday, 19 July, 2009

    The Bill would set up a new Marine Management Organisation (MMO); streamline marine licensing; introduce marine planning; reform fisheries management; provide for Marine Conservation Zones; and enable the creation of a route around the English coast.

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
    • Environment
    • Farming and fishing
  • Research Briefing

    Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

    Tuesday, 16 June, 2009

    The Bill covers a broad range of marine issues and would: (1) set up a new Marine Management Organisation (MMO) under which many of the existing, diverse areas of marine regulation would be centralised; (2) streamline the existing marine licensing system and provide powers to create a joined up marine planning policy; (3) introduce new measures to reform fisheries management; (4) provide a framework for establishing marine conservation zones; and, (5) enable the creation of a route around the English coast.

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
    • Environment
    • Farming and fishing
  • Research Briefing

    Animals Act 1971 (Amendment) Bill [Bill 18 of 2007-08]

    Wednesday, 12 March, 2008

    [Bill 18 of 2007-08]

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
    • Finance
  • Research Briefing

    Animal Welfare Bill (Bill 58 of 2005-06).

    Monday, 16 January, 2006

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
  • Research Briefing

    Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill (Bill 11 of 2004/05)

    Tuesday, 04 January, 2005

    The Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill (Bill 11 of 2004/05). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/01.

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
    • Environment
    • Roads

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