Clause 8 - Tests for registration:
Hunting Bill
8:55 am
Mr James Gray (North Wiltshire, Conservative)
I would not suggest that the Minister seeks to do anything about shooting or fishing in the Bill; it is obvious that he does not. However, if it were accepted that the utility of hunting with dogs is outweighed by the cruelty and that became a central part of the Bill, it would be extraordinary if organisations such as the RSPCA, led by Jackie Ballard, did not subsequently—not necessarily in this Parliament or while the Minister still holds his current post—say, ''You have applied that principle to mammals, let us apply it to other animals.''