Schedule 3 - Hunting with Dogs: Prohibition
Hunting Bill
5:45 pm
Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed, Liberal Democrat)
I shall refer briefly to the implications of the amendments for gamekeepers and, by way of introduction, will mention police costs. I still believe that as soon as hunt saboteurs have finished with fox hunting—if the legislation is passed—some or all of them will move on to other country sports. Some already have done so in the case of fishing and the police will have to be deployed to allow other people legally to pursue permitted sports in peace.