The Bill was sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

[1] The government promised that the Bill would create "the world's strongest" protections for kept animals and livestock.

[5] On 25 May 2023, the government announced the Bill was being scrapped, and the proposed measures contained within it would be enacted separately by other means.

[6] The Bill formally fell on 8 June 2023, two years after being introduced, as per House of Commons Standing Orders.

[7] The restrictions on keeping primates in England and the ban on exporting livestock for slaughter from Great Britain were subsequently enacted by The Animal Welfare (Primate Licences) (England) Regulations 2024 and the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Act 2024, respectively.