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Animal Welfare Bill

My Lords, we are glad to see that the noble Baroness has tabled this amendment. It is a beefed-out version of the amendment we tabled in Committee. Again, as the noble Baroness has pointed out, things have changed. The Government announced on 10 October that they have proposals for new measures; I am little surprised that they have not given us an amendment of their own. Perhaps the Minister can explain why it has not been appropriate for the Government to table an amendment at this time. The Government’s proposals are in a similar vein to some of the questions of the noble Baroness, Lady Miller. It would be helpful to the House if they could clarify what was meant by the description of, "““pet fairs that do not involve the sale of animals, or that do involve the sale of animals but not in the course of a business””." We shall listen to the Minister’s response. At present, however, I would support the noble Baroness.