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Animal Welfare Bill

Before the noble Baroness comes back on that, perhaps I can ask the Minister whether the Government have any time schedule for this procedure to go forward. I remind him gently—because he was very genuine in what he said—that, although we can talk about any order that comes through, we can very rarely, even under the affirmative procedure, alter it once it has been set in stone. Therefore, we shall continue to express worries as the Bill progresses. As he knows, we take lots of statutory instruments and we debate them fully, but it is very rare that they get changed at all.