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Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024
Passed — Royal Assent 20 May 2024
Introduced
4 December 2023
About this bill
A Bill to Prohibit the export of certain livestock from Great Britain for slaughter.
Parliamentary stages
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First reading
4 Dec 2023
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Second reading
18 Dec 2023↗
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Programme motion
18 Dec 2023
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Instruction
15 Jan 2024↗
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Committee of the Whole House
15 Jan 2024↗
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Third reading
15 Jan 2024↗
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First reading
16 Jan 2024
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Second reading
21 Feb 2024↗
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Committee stage
14 Mar 2024↗
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Report stage
8 May 2024↗
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Third reading
14 May 2024↗
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Royal Assent
20 May 2024
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What this bill is about
From the Explanatory Notes (January 2024):
1 The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill makes provision to prohibit the export of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and equines for slaughter, including fattening for subsequent slaughter, beginning in or transiting through Great Britain to EU member states and other third countries.
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