Results 1-16 of 16 for hunting speaker:Tony Baldry

Council Tax Benefit (Pensions Entitlement) (24 Jan 2006)

Tony Baldry: ...to those who need it—pensioners who are entitled to it. I have pleasure in introducing the Bill. Question put and agreed to. Bill ordered to be brought in by Tony Baldry, Tom Brake, Mr. Alistair Carmichael, Dr. Hywel Francis, Mr. Jeremy Hunt, Mr. Boris Johnson, Grant Shapps, and Mr. Edward Vaizey.

NHS Finance (15 Nov 2005)

Tony Baldry: ...take place not because they make sense but because they are the easiest way to save money. Secondly, will Ministers please examine the formulae? My hon. Friend the Member for South-West Surrey (Mr. Hunt) and all Conservative Members would say that the Government must consider the formulae and the way in which money is allocated. It cannot be right that Oxfordshire receives only 85 per...

Orders of the Day — Hunting Bill: Hunting with Dogs: Prohibition (17 Jan 2001)

Mr Tony Baldry: ...of Parliament representing a partly rural constituency, is that, for gamekeepers, farmers and everyone involved in the countryside to succeed, they must be in complete harmony with the countryside. Hunting has been part of the tapestry of English rural life that has evolved over centuries. If one looks at the countryside of Oxfordshire, whether Roman roads or fields made up following the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Engagements (14 Jun 2000)

Mr Tony Baldry: ...party will come clean about what it intends to do by way of long-term reform of the House of Lords? It seems rather strange that the Government can bring forward proposals on matters such as fox hunting, yet do not seem to have time to bring forward sensible, long-lasting proposals on reform of the upper House.

New clause 1: Fox CONTROL IN NATIONAL PARKS (6 Mar 1998)

Mr Tony Baldry: ..., such as badger, deer and otter, and even to farm animals such as sheep and lambs, which are to be protected. In such areas, the safest and the most efficient and humane method of control is to hunt the fox with dogs and hounds, and to allow the hounds to kill the fox—which they can do instantly. Consequently, there is no suffering, and no danger to the public. I therefore hope...

New clause 1: Fox CONTROL IN NATIONAL PARKS (6 Mar 1998)

Mr Tony Baldry: The hon. Gentleman should address the issue that fox hunting has managed over the years effectively to control a pest. If he thinks that marksmen in the countryside seeking to pick off foxes at long range with high-powered rifles is a better way to control the fox population, that demonstrates how little he understands the countryside.

New clause 1: Fox CONTROL IN NATIONAL PARKS (6 Mar 1998)

Mr Tony Baldry: It is clear that the Bill allows the hunting of rats and rabbits with dogs, but not of hares or foxes. The Bill should be entitled, Some Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill. It is difficult to find any intellectual justification for hunting some wild mammals with dogs, but not others.

New clause 1: Fox CONTROL IN NATIONAL PARKS (6 Mar 1998)

Mr Tony Baldry: ...in Committee. As my right hon. and learned Friend said, the exemptions are limited and have not been discussed thoroughly. Clause 3(1)(a) and (b) provide a complete defence for the sport of stag hunting in the west country, but not for fox hunting when a fox is killed by hounds above ground. Stag hunting contrasts with fox hunting, because the hunted animal is shot with a shotgun at close...

New clause 1: Fox CONTROL IN NATIONAL PARKS (6 Mar 1998)

Mr Tony Baldry: .... If it becomes law, magistrates will have to make value judgments in difficult circumstances. As a lawyer, I am concerned that owners or occupiers would be committing an offence if they permitted hunting on their land. Not only would the Bill criminalise everyone involved in field sports; it could put every farmer in the country in jeopardy. In Committee, the Bill's promoter and the...

New clause 1: Fox CONTROL IN NATIONAL PARKS (6 Mar 1998)

Mr Tony Baldry: My hon. Friend makes an extremely good point. The Bill has been drafted by people whom I suspect have little understanding of how the hunt and the countryside work. It is being promoted by people who represent urban constituencies and have urban values. They want to impose their urban values on the countryside.

New clause 1: Fox CONTROL IN NATIONAL PARKS (6 Mar 1998)

Mr Tony Baldry: ...fact that one can have an interest in land other than as an owner or occupier. No Labour Member appears even to have heard of the Law of Property Act 1925, under which lords of the manor retain the hunting rights over considerable tracts of land. If hunting takes place on that land, will lords of the manor—many of the titles have been flogged to Americans—be liable to criminal...

New clause 1: Fox CONTROL IN NATIONAL PARKS (6 Mar 1998)

Mr Tony Baldry: New clause 19, which stands in my name, relates to hunting where shooting is impractical. I seek your guidance, Mr. Deputy Speaker, on whether it is your intention that we should debate the new clauses in this group, which are rather diverse, clause by clause, or will you allow us to debate all six new clauses?

Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill (4 Feb 1998)

Mr Tony Baldry: On a point of order, Madam Speaker. The Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill had its Second Reading last November and went into Committee in December, and we have been considering it in Committee ever since. So far, as of today, we are on line 2 of clause 1. However, today we adjourned in some disarray because the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, the hon. Member for...

Fisheries (16 Dec 1996)

Mr Tony Baldry: ...trading entity. Fishing is the only area of Community activity where there are national quotas, and it makes a lot of sense to ensure that UK fishing quotas can benefit UK fishermen. Fishing is a hunting activity. Fishing boats are designed to track down and catch as many fish as possible. To ensure sustainable levels of fish for fishermen for years to come, there is always a difficult...

Orders of the Day — Fishing Vessels (Decommissioning) (5 Jun 1996)

Mr Tony Baldry: ...cut pretty well every other aspect of the fishing fleet if they leave industrial fishing untouched. It is quite bizarre. We are all aware, and the UK fishing industry recognises, that fishing is a hunting activity and that it is important that there are sustainable levels of fish left in the sea. As the recent report of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology made...

English Football Supporters (8 Jun 1995)

Mr Tony Baldry: ...people may get caught up in that. But it is neither fair nor reasonable to attack the police in those circumstances, as the hon. Gentleman has done, by asserting that they have gone on a bloodlust hunt and were simply seeking out English fans because they spoke English. The facts do not bear that out.