Clause 27 - Automatic conditions of individual registration
Hunting Bill
4:00 pm
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test, Labour)
The hon. Gentleman fails to distinguish between the words ''as soon as possible'' and the word ''found''. The process of locating a fox may involve the animals that are trying to locate the fox chasing it. However, as soon as possible after the fox has been found, the events described in the amendment should take place. What is not envisaged—either in the Bill in subsections 8(1) or (2) or in the amendment—is that once the fox has been found and identified to everyone, a long period of chasing that fox around should ensue, with the eventual result that the fox is killed.