Schedule 3 - Hunting with dogs: prohibition
Hunting Bill
4:30 pm
Mr David Rendel (Newbury, Liberal Democrat)
I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman that the Labour party does not want the Bill to make progress at present, but I think that it is for a different reason. I suspect that Labour believes, quite rightly, that it will make an extremely good issue during the general election and that it will gain many votes if there is still uncertainty about whether hunting will be banned or not. That is why the Government are hoping to keep the matter open until after the election.