Committee publication · Correspondence · 4 March 2025
Correspondence from the Animal Sentience Committee regarding its report on legislative compliance and enforcement of animal welfare legislation, dated 25 February 2025
From: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Inquiry: Animal and plant health
Summary
The Animal Sentience Committee Chair notifies the EFRA Committee Chair that the Animal Sentience Committee has published a report examining legislative compliance and enforcement of animal welfare legislation. The Committee, established under the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, scrutinises whether Government decisions have due regard to impacts on sentient animal welfare.
Key findings
- The Animal Sentience Committee has completed and published a report on legislative compliance and enforcement of animal welfare legislation
- The Committee's statutory remit is to provide parliamentary accountability for Government consideration of sentient animal welfare in ministerial decisions
- The Committee assesses whether the Government has had due regard to how policies might adversely affect animal welfare as sentient beings
Tone
ProceduralTopics
animal-welfarelegislative-compliancegovernment-accountability
Key actors
Alistair Carmichael, Michael Seals, Animal Sentience Committee, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Notable line
“The Committee may produce reports containing its views on whether, or to what extent, the Government is having, or has had …”
Key Quotes
“The Animal Sentience Committee was established by the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022 to furnish accountability to Parliament for consideration of the welfare of sentient animals in Ministerial decisions.”
Source · parliament.uk record ↗