Clause 6 - Deer
Hunting Bill
4:00 pm
Mr Mike Hall (Weaver Vale, Labour)
That is how it was put to the Committee—the dogs select the beast to be chased. It is then shot after a three-hour chase, as my hon. Friend the Member for Worcester said. I wonder how a sick, diseased or old stag or hind might feel after being chased through the countryside for three hours. I doubt that I could last 15 minutes of running through the countryside. My hon. Friend the Member for West Lancashire (Mr. Pickthall), who is not in his place, might have something to say about an earlier episode that we had in the Lake district, although I hope that he does not go into too much detail about it.