Schedule 3 - Hunting with dogs: prohibition
Hunting Bill
10:30 am
Mr Alan Beith (Berwick-upon-Tweed, Liberal Democrat)
I invite my hon. Friend to comb the Hansard report of the Committee of the whole House and find a reference to any hon. Member who thought that the Bill should ban a dog going underground on the basis of the dog's welfare. I look forward to the results of his research. I do not think that the dog's welfare was in anyone's mind. The Bill will ban things that nobody—or only a few—thought that they were banning when they cast their vote for schedule 3.