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LAWS Day Conference – Saturday 11th March 2017

The Labour Animal Welfare Society will hold its annual Day Conference on Saturday 11th March 2017. The provisional agenda will include speakers on a range of subjects including how Brexit will affect the animal welfare agenda, CCTV in slaughterhouses, the ivory trade, shooting and the strengthening of animal welfare legislation. The conference will be held …

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MAJOR NEW DRAFT ANIMAL WELFARE MANIFESTO LAUNCHED

A few months ago, Jeremy Corbyn and the then Shadow Secretary of State for DEFRA, Kerry McCarthy, commissioned Nick Palmer, former Labour MP for Broxtowe, and Michelle Thew, former PPC for Bexhill and Battle and CEO of Cruelty Free International, to prepare a substantial animal welfare package. After wide consultation with interested organisations, the package …

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LEADER AND DEPUTY LEADER CANDIDATES – STATEMENTS ON ANIMAL WELFARE

Andy Burnham MP Of all the issues confronting a new leader of the Labour Party, and a party seeking to regain the trust of the electorate and govern the country in five years time, animal welfare isn’t at the top of the agenda. But it is an issue that many voters care passionately about, as …

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Labour Party Campaign Report

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LABOUR ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY CAMPAIGN CONFERENCE:

The latest edition of LAWS Impact Magazine is now available. Please download here: Impact Magazine April 2013 (PDF) SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015: 11am-4pm (Registration 10.30am)   Light House Media Centre, The Chubb Buildings, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HT         The theme for the conference will be the Animal Welfare Campaign and policy, which will play …

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LAWS Annual Karaoke at Labour Party Annual Conference

LAWS Annual Conference Reception 2014

Labour Animal Welfare Policy, have Your Say!

Below is a booklet we have just published, LAWS Animal Welfare Policy.  There has never been a more important time for you to spend a minute to help formulate Labour’s Animal Welfare Policy for the next General Election. Click on image to download. (PDF)

Failing the whales

We Labour Members of the House of Commons pledge ourselves to continue to work for Animal Welfare. Janet Anderson MP Rossendale & Darwin Adrian Bailey MP West Bromwich West Margaret M Beckett MP Derby South Ann Begg MP Aberdeen South Ben Bradshaw MP Exeter Nick Brown MP Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend Martin Caton …

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Latest Edition of Impact Magazine

The latest edition of LAWS Impact Magazine is now available. Please download here: Impact Magazine April 2013 (PDF)