Results 1-12 of 12 for hunting speaker:Harry Cohen

Point of Order: Defence in the UK (26 Apr 2007)

Harry Cohen: ...an independent investigation there is a danger that the British military will attract a reputation for unpunished brutality within a system which protects the brutalisers...It is not about witch-hunting, nor about holding the military to higher standards than they should be subject to anywhere. It is about accountability, the universal defence of fundamental human rights and the pursuit of...

New Schedule: Sexual conduct to prejudice of good order and discipline (9 May 1996)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...yesterday, and I shall just read a little bit of the article: Cave recalls that neither the top brass nor fellow soldiers showed any concern about gay enlistees. 'There were none of the witch hunts that we have nowadays … Homosexual soldiers were more or less accepted. The visible gays were mostly drag performers in concert teams. Regarded with considerable affection, their camp...

Orders of the Day — Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill: Racial Harassment (28 Mar 1994)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...Member for Deptford. Despite all the support, this Bill represents the 27 measures cited by the Home Secretary at the Conservative party conference. It includes, for example, action against anti-hunt demonstrators, but it does not take action against racist criminals. That is an insult to the black and Asian communities and to all decently minded, anti-racist people in the country. When...

Points of Order (12 Apr 1989)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...on the basis of his proposed legislation, assuming that it has been passed by the House. But it has been subject to no legislative scrutiny whatsoever. I have received a letter from Mr. Terry Hunt, the regional general manager of North East Thames regional health authority, stating: I am seeking preliminary suggestions for the identification of hospitals … to be considered for...

Protection of Animals (Amendment) Bill: Offences Relating to Animal Fights (8 Jul 1988)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...I quoted an advertisement that appeared in Shooting News and Weekly on 6 December 1985. The advertisement was for a book entitled, "Badger Digging with Terriers". It contained information on how to hunt badgers with dogs, an activity that is banned under the law of the land. The book clearly encourages that activity and that was a genuine point to make. That advertisement was taken to the...

Prayers: Health Services (Waltham Forest) (27 May 1988)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...efficiency only with more in terms of resources and better working conditions. I have written to the regional health authority countless times. I received a letter from the general manager, Mr. Hunt, who said: The efficiency savings are dependent on relative performance against a set of performance indicators. As one of the more efficient Districts, Waltham Forest has been required to...

Protection of Animals (Amendment) Bill: Offences Relating to Animal Fights (22 Apr 1988)

Mr Harry Cohen: .... Corbett) for moving the amendment and to the hon. Member for Harborough (Sir J. Farr) who made some useful comments about it. Formal advertisements promoting fights have been known to appear in hunting newspapers, such as Shooting News and Weekly, and advertising is also carried out by less formal means, informing those interested in gambling on these wicked events of where they are to...

Protection of Animals (Amendment) Bill: Offences Relating to Animal Fights (22 Apr 1988)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...field sport to be banned. The true story and a convincing account of a recent terrier work. The advertisement then states where the book is available and that it contains information on how to hunt badgers with dogs. That is significant, because that activity was banned. When the advertisement appeared, hunting badgers with dogs—in many cases the same dogs as are used in dog...

Orders of the Day — Animals (Scientific Procedures) Bill [Lords]: (17 Feb 1986)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...also deal with cruel sports. There have been two unanimous votes in the Northern Ireland Assembly on hare coursing, which have been overruled by the Government. Those who support fox and stag hunting are a bunch of sadists who enjoy the fun of the kill while devastating our countryside. As for animal fighting, especially dog fighting, it is outrageous—

Orders of the Day — Animals (Scientific Procedures) Bill [Lords]: (17 Feb 1986)

Mr Harry Cohen: We are dealing with the Cruelty to Animals Act 1876. If you do not think that dog fighting, hare coursing, and fox and stag hunting are cruel, Mr. Speaker, you are in a different world from me. In regard to animal fighting, it is outrageous that the law has not been tightened up. My Bill would tighten the law and increase penalties for organisers and those who attend. It would also ban the...

Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) (15 Jan 1986)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...test; to prohibit behavioural and psychological experiments on animals; to prevent use of animals in warfare trials or experiments; to abolish the practices of hare coursing, and fox and stag hunting; to prohibit the use of domestic animals in animal experiments; to increase the penalties for convictions of causing, procuring or assisting at the fighting or baiting of dogs, cats or other...

Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) (15 Jan 1986)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...blood sports and to end unnecessary animal experiments. My Bill puts a stop to the obscenity of killing animals in the name of sport by abolishing the practices of hare coursing, fox and stag hunting. This is a Labour party policy which I should like to see enacted immediately. To their shame, the Conservative Government have twice overruled the Northern Ireland Assembly's unanimous votes...