Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Reading the bill’s publication files and writing a plain-English Green Book note…
Proposal 3533
A Bill to Prohibit the export of certain livestock from Great Britain for slaughter.
Appraisal prepared just now from the official papers. Next scheduled update after the next sitting or within about 24 hours.
Sponsor: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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In plain English
In May 2023, the Government announced that the Bill would no longer be progressing.
The papers we read for this bill do not say who would be affected if it became law.
In May 2023, the Government announced that the Bill would no longer be progressing.
Same bill, simpler words — a deeper read without the jargon.
Imagine the country is making a new rule. This one is about: In May 2023, the Government announced that the Bill would no longer be progressing.. The people who would notice most are: we are still checking who that would be. If it became a real law, the everyday change would be: In May 2023, the Government announced that the Bill would no longer be progressing..
Green Book 2026 · 5 Case Model
In May 2023, the Government announced that the Bill would no longer be progressing.
It is currently at Royal Assent in the Unassigned, sponsored by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Accountability · outcome beside Green Book evidence
Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024 became law. The official papers we read covered most of the Green Book five cases with concrete detail. That does not prove the outcome was “right” — it means the case on paper was relatively complete for accountability scrutiny.
Strategic: In May 2023, the Government announced that the Bill would no longer be progressing.
Economic: Estimated costs on the public revenue include the administrative and enforcement costs for the Animal and Plant Health Agency as well as a minor impact on the criminal justice system. Transition) (Constant Price) Total Cost (Present Value) Low 0.0 0.4 3.7 High 0.0 1.4 11.8 Best Estimate 0.0 1.0 8.4 Description and scale of key monetised costs by ‘main affected groups’ In this policy, livestock (cattle, sheep, pigs and goats) and equine (registered and unregistered) export journeys beginning in or transiting through Great Britain for slaughter and fattening would end.
Commercial: No further information was submitted through the consultation or stakeholder engagement on the difference in profit from selling livestock domestically compared to the EU, due to the commercially sensitive nature of the data. Due to the commercially sensitive nature of the data on profits, stakeholders were not able to share any further information through the consultation or through stakeholder engagement.
Financial: Gap — The papers we read for this bill do not say who would pay for it, or where the money would come from.
Management: In 2017, the animal welfare organisation Compassion in World Farming launched a petition calling for a ban on live exports that attracted 100,752 signatures.1 In September 2023, a further petition with 95,000 signatures was delivered to the Prime Minister.2 3 A ban on live exports for slaughter and fattening was referenced in the Government’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare, published in May 2021, and provisions for a ban were previously included in the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill,3 introduced into Parliament in June 2021. Subsection (3) provides that the Secretary of State may only make enforcement regulations containing provisions that could be made by Scottish or Welsh Ministers with their consent.
This is an accountability reading, not a recommendation and not a score. It does not say whether Parliament should have passed or rejected the bill. It only sets the actual parliamentary outcome beside how complete the Green Book five-case evidence was in the official papers.
These UK Acts sit in a similar policy space and are already law. Pairing uses this proposal’s official papers (and the plain-English note themes). It is not a verdict that the proposal is redundant or unnecessary.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2019-04-09
Animal Welfare (Service Animals) Act 2019
Same policy area (“Welfare / social security”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2025-12-03
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Act
Same policy area (“Welfare / social security”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2022-05-09
Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022
Same policy area (“Welfare / social security”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2021-05-04
Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Act 2021
Same policy area (“Welfare / social security”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.
UK Act · Royal Assent · 2023-09-21
Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023
Same policy area (“Welfare / social security”) with overlapping title wording. Matched using wording from this bill’s official papersAlready law — useful context when asking whether this bill adds something new or mainly revisits covered ground.