The Animal Welfare Bill is wending its way through the House of Commons at the moment, to faint media interest, other than this little nugget, buried in the Guardian Backbencher section:
Margaret Beckett introduced the bill yesterday, observing that only vertebrates would enjoy its protection, unless it could be proven that squid and octopi feel pain.
There must be some invertebrate biologists out there who’d love to give Parliament some expert evidence on the subject.