Member

The Government recognise concerns on animal welfare, and we are grateful to the Animal Sentience Committee for its recent letter on the Bill. My officials will be meeting with the committee to consider this further. However, we do not consider Amendment 261A to be necessary, as we already expect the ways in which a policy may impact on animal welfare to be considered when formulating and implementing policy. This may include EDPs, which we would expect to consider and appropriately take into account potential animal welfare impacts alongside other relevant factors.