Clause 8 - Tests for registration:
Hunting Bill
2:30 pm
Mrs Marion Roe (Broxbourne, Conservative)
I remind the Committee that with this we are discussing the following:
Amendment No. 101, in
clause 8, page 3, line 26, leave out subsection (2).
Amendment No. 174, in
clause 8, page 3, line 27, leave out from first 'that' to end of line 30 and insert
'the proposed hunting is not the cruellest method of making the contribution mentioned in subsection (1).'.
Amendment No. 24, in
clause 8, page 3, line 30, leave out 'significantly.'.
Amendment No. 175, in
clause 8, page 3, line 30, at end add—
'(3) The Secretary of State shall give guidance to the registrar as to the relative cruelty of—
(a) trapping and ensnaring,
(b) gassing,
(c) poisoning,
(d) shooting with a rifle by day,
(e) shooting with a rifle by night,
(f) shooting with a shotgun by day,
(g) shooting with a shotgun by night,
(h) shooting with an air gun, and
(i) killing by dogs.'.