Schedule 3 - Hunting with dogs: prohibition
Hunting Bill
Public Bill Committees, 6 February 2001, 10:30 am
Mr Edward Leigh (Gainsborough, Conservative)
It is indeed true that if one does not pay one's fine, one ends up in prison. I have no doubt that because people feel strongly about the matter, someone will deliberately make himself a martyr by refusing to pay the fine and going to prison. However, that does not let the Government off the hook. All other offences that incur a penalty as high as a level 5 fine offer the alternative of imprisonment. A fine of £5,000 is a serious matter.