Schedule 3 - Hunting with Dogs: Prohibition
Hunting Bill
2:15 pm
Mr Lembit Öpik (Montgomeryshire, Liberal Democrat)
The provision does not affect only those who choose to go hunting. I am told that Graham Sirl, who works for the League Against Cruel Sports in the west country, has two terriers called Winkie and Rufus, which he allows to run about unsupervised in the manner described by the right hon. Gentleman. If Winkie and Rufus were found to have killed rabbits, their owner would be in breach of the law. The paragraph could make a criminal of a man simply because he was not following his dogs around the countryside.