Clause 8 - Tests for registration:
Hunting Bill
2:45 pm
Mr Alun Michael (Minister of State (Rural Affairs), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Cardiff South and Penarth, Labour/Co-operative)
I am grateful, Mrs. Roe. My hon. Friend the Member for Southampton, Test tabled a single amendment at the start—that is the one that we have been debating in specific terms—which signals a series of changes in the language of the Bill. I have suggested a slightly different amendment that accepts what my hon. Friend seeks to do. I have given him the wording, which has also been passed round the Room.
I shall be happy to respond to the other amendments when we return to my suggested amendment. I do not want my hon. Friend to withdraw the amendment. Nor do I want the amendments to fall at this stage. However, in the light of my suggestion, which we shall discuss on Thursday, I beg your indulgence, Mrs. Roe, to consider each of the amendments separately in order to respond adequately to the Committee.