The Committee's remit
19. The House has instructed us to examine the proposal
against the criteria specified in Standing Order No. 141(6) and
then, in the light of that examination, to report whether the
Government should proceed, whether amendments should be made,
or whether the Order should not be made.
20. Our discussion of matters arising from our examination
is set out below. Where a criterion specified in Standing Order
No. 141(6) is not discussed in the report, this indicates that
we have had no concerns to raise about that criterion. In the
course of our examination, we requested further information from
the Department about a number of issues relating to the proposal
and the text of our questions to the Department is reproduced
in Appendix A to this report. The Department's response and associated
supporting documents are reproduced as Appendix B. A supplementary
exchange between our staff and the Department is reproduced as
Appendices C and D. An exchange of emails between our staff and
the RSPCA is reproduced as Appendices E and F.
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