Schedule 3 - Hunting with Dogs: Prohibition
Hunting Bill
2:00 pm
Mr Edward Garnier (Harborough, Conservative)
The hon. Gentleman may be under the misapprehension that the sole purpose of foxhunting is to kill foxes. Foxhunting is carried out not just to kill foxes where necessary, but to disperse the fox population. A dispersed fox population is less damaging to farming than a concentrated one. Of course part of the purpose of foxhunting is to kill foxes, but it is not the sole purpose.