Hunting Bill
5:30 pm
Mr Hugo Swire (East Devon, Conservative)
Is the Minister prepared to make available to the Committee an indication of the number of police forces with which he has had a conversation along those lines? How many police forces proactively came to him or his colleagues to ask for greater powers to be made available so that they could prosecute those conducting this illegal activity? We have heard that he has had an approach from Lincolnshire. It would be very interesting to know what other forces consider the problem a priority for which they need extra tools.