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Comment on Second Reading of the Animal Welfare Bill "Don't upset the Bill with frivolous amendments" says CLA president David Fursdon. Commenting on the Second Reading of the Animal Welfare Bill today (10 Jan), he says: "The Animal Welfare Bill is the most important piece of animal welfare legislation in decades and has been produced after considerable consultation by both civil servants and politicians.
It has two purposes. It consolidates and codifies existing animal welfare laws which mainly concern farmed animals; and it applies the principles behind those laws to other animals for which people are responsible. In essence, the Bill achieves its aims by the use of a three-part structure. Firstly it creates a series of cruelty offences and secondly, it imposes a basic duty to promote the welfare of animals. With both of these there is considerable scope to introduce secondary legislation relevant to particular sectors or activities. Finally, the Bill introduces a number of enforcement provisions. We believe it provides a basic structure for implementation of appropriate welfare standards that works and works well. It is important that various groups concerns with specific sectors or activities should be addressed through the appropriate secondary legislation, not the Bill." |
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Christopher Price is the Director Policy and Advice at the CLA. He has overall responsibility for managing all the CLA's national policy and advisory work. He makes sure that the organisation's policy work is focused on what matters most, and that members' queries are dealt with accurately and efficiently. A planning and environmental lawyer by background, he joined the CLA as public law adviser in 2002. He became Chief Legal Advisor in 2007 and took up his current post a year later. Before coming to the CLA Christopher worked in local government for a number of different authorities.
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