Hunting Bill
6:15 pm
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire, Conservative)
I have certainly hit a raw nerve.
My understanding of the Minister's comments is that rabbiting was allowed because it fulfilled the two utilitarian purposes of protection of food for human consumption and vermin control. When I pointed out that the first purpose was not included in clause 8, he said that vermin control was. We have been over this ground, and I am not sure that it will help the Committee to go over it again.