Clause 24 - Standard duration of registration
Hunting Bill
3:00 pm
Mr Alun Michael (Minister of State (Rural Affairs), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Cardiff South and Penarth, Labour/Co-operative)
It would be entirely appropriate for the applicant to receive a comment; there would be a sort of ''minded to'' notification, so that the applicant, or indeed the animal welfare organisation, would have the opportunity to advance an argument. The hon. and learned Member is right to raise that point. Otherwise, there could be decisions without reasons. So I think that the answer to his intervention is yes.