Clause 8
Hunting Bill
8:55 am
Mr Peter Luff (Mid Worcestershire, Conservative)
My hon. Friend is right. I am slightly distressed by the trivial way in which this debate is being treated by Labour Members. My hon. Friend will agree that, once the Government enshrine in statute law tests for the way in which human beings should treat one category of animal, the animal rights activists will inevitably insist that the same tests are applied to other categories of animal. As night follows day, that logic is irrefutable. That is the central danger of the Bill and why, on reflection, I voted against it: it sets such a dangerous precedent for other animals as well.