UK Parliament · Public Bill · No. 2622
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021
[As Introduced]
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This Act increased the maximum prison sentence for serious animal cruelty from 6 months to 5 years. It makes the legal system take animal welfare more seriously by giving courts the power to hand out harsher penalties for the worst cases of animal abuse.
Presented by Chris Loder
supported by Lord Randall of Uxbridge.
supported by Lord Randall of Uxbridge.
✓ Passed into lawHybridLords
Official Ballot · The People's Chamber
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The people's count15 votes
100% Aye · 150% No · 0
MPs' vote465 MPs
38% Ayes · 17962% Noes · 286
The democratic gap
62% , a wide gap
Outcome mismatch, the public would pass this bill, but Parliament rejected it.
Bill passage
Commons
- 1st reading5 Feb 2020
- 2nd reading23 Oct 2020
- Committee stage3 Feb 2021
- 3rd reading12 Mar 2021
Lords
- 1st reading12 Mar 2021
- 2nd reading16 Apr 2021
- 3rd reading28 Apr 2021
Royal Assent29 Apr 2021