Brexit Benefits

[naomi24]

//New legislation will put an end to the export of live animals for slaughter and fattening from Great Britain.

 

The Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill – which has been introduced in Parliament today (4 December 2023) – delivers on a key manifesto commitment to ban the export of live animals including cattle, sheep, and pigs.

 

This legislation is only possible now we have left the European Union and will stop animals enduring unnecessary stress, exhaustion and injury on long journeys.//

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-legislation-set-to-ban-live-animal-exports

 

Meanwhile previously unpublished records reveal the EU as hub for ‘cruel’ live animal transport amid fears of disease .

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/28/eu-revealed-as-hub-for-cruel-live-animal-transport-amid-fears-of-disease

 

This country leads the way ... again.

 

[Redhelen72]

Surely this is the fault of GB not the EU - if exporters are willing to ship live animals it is GB that has the issue.

[naomi24]

//This legislation is only possible now we have left the European Union//

[ToraToraTora]

Yeah great news Naomi, lets see how the 5C spin it!

[THECORBYLOON]

RED, whilst in the EU, there was free movement of goods and that included live animals. 

Although there is EU animal welfare legislation, a UK export ban would have contravened the policy of free movement of goods.

[Peter Pedant]

CBL if miss says there is no animal welfare legisaltion in Europe then you had better damn well say - yes miss!

and prontissimo.

delivers on a key manifesto commitment to ban the export of live animals

not quite

The time it takes for a bill to become law in the UK varies greatly, depending on the complexity of the bill and parliamentary schedules. It can take as little as a few weeks to more than a year.

 

GE predicted for  May this year - so gubmint introducing bills for a new session they know will fall as a result of lacck of parliamentary time - such as leasehold reform act

oh surely not surely not

nichty nochty

they are all honest men and the honestest ( = most honest) is.... Boris

[naomi24]

Peter Pedant, who's 'miss'?  The wording of the OP is taken from the links provided.

[THECORBYLOON]

PP, no-one has said, "there is no animal welfare legisaltion in Europe".

[douglas9401]

A bell tinkles and from nowhere up pops a surprise supporter

[tomus42]

I'm hoping there are more benefits than just this one.

[jno]

that's a month out of date, isn't it? The European Commission is already working on this

https://www.iru.org/news-resources/newsroom/live-animal-transport-european-commission-tables-improved-conditions

We'll see whose legislation is enacted first. Meanwhile, are any of its supporters ceasing to eat these cruelly transported animals?

[tomus42]

To be fair this is more than any Minister for Brexit Opportunites came up with until the post was eventually retired.

[jno]

I'm not necessarily expecting either the UK or EU to pass this in a hurry, but "commitments" do pile up as elections approach

[ladybirder]

I'm so ashamed I still eat meat.  Less of it but still eat it.  What a hypocrite I am.  Had fillet steak for Christmas day.