Biography
Lord Trees has engaged on mental health and public health & prevention through two debate speeches on the Renters' Rights Bill. Both speeches focused on pet ownership, with him supporting amendments to ensure the Bill's pet provisions achieve their intended purpose of encouraging landlords to accept tenants with pets, citing the well-established benefits of pet ownership particularly for elderly and lonely people. He drew on his background as a veterinary surgeon and co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Animal Welfare to inform his contributions.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…We know that having a pet is very valuable to many people’s physical and mental health, but the case of assistance dogs is very special. These are incredibly valuable animals that can alert to medical emergencies of all sorts, as well as providing physical support for disabled people, hearing support and other things.”
Record by topic
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- Public health & prevention573rd of 6882.0
What they’ve said
“…With respect to the definition of pets, clearly there are different considerations of welfare, public health, damage, hazards and consequences to others between keeping one budgerigar or five Alsatians.”
Renters’ Rights Bill · 2025-02-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
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