Schedule 3 - Hunting with Dogs: Prohibition
Hunting Bill
12:00 pm
Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal, Conservative)
My hon. Friend is right that hunting is not one of the great activities of mankind but, given the considerable increase in rats, to which the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed referred, and the responsibility of landowners to deal with that, it is none the less an important activity that has a direct effect on people's health and safety, particularly when the land on which it is done is close to other dwellings.