Clause 8 - Tests for registration:
Hunting Bill
3:15 pm
Mr John Gummer (Suffolk Coastal, Conservative)
That is kind of the hon. Gentleman. The Minister said:
''The only point that has been unhelpful is the suggestion that we must look to the interpretation of individual philosophers to reach a conclusion. Our obligation in the Committee is to think for ourselves.''—[Official Report, Standing Committee E, 7 January 2003; c. 48.]
If he thinks that it is not worth listening to anybody who knows about anything, but merely makes up his own mind, he is entirely wrong.