Animal Sentience Committee

I1I23Response to reports

1

Where the Animal Sentience Committee publishes a report under section 2, the Secretary of State must lay a response to the report before Parliament within the period specified in subsection (2).

2

The period is three months beginning with the day on which the Committee’s report is published.

3

The following do not count towards the three months referred to in subsection (2)—

a

any day in a period during which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued, and

b

any day in a period of four or more days during which both Houses of Parliament are adjourned.