Results 1-20 of 26 for hunting speaker:Jeremy Corbyn

Democratic Republic of Congo (19 Apr 2006)

Jeremy Corbyn: ..., for the fair way in which you are chairing this debate. I thank my hon. Friends the Members for Falkirk (Mr. Joyce) and for Wakefield (Mary Creagh) and the hon. Member for South-West Surrey (Mr. Hunt) for the report of their harrowing experience. We must consider the history and the victims of the DRC. I believe that I am the only Member in this Chamber who has a substantial Congolese...

Sessional Orders and Resolutions (3 Nov 2004)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: ...letter sent to Brian Haw by the Metropolitan police suggesting that he might like to be somewhere else that day, because they thought that his presence might not be compatible with the aims of the hunting lobby. I do not know what Brian did, but I suspect that he probably stayed there.

Sessional Orders and Resolutions (3 Nov 2004)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: ...the war, who walk, drive or cycle to Westminster, is being reminded of that by his presence. They do not like it and feel slightly irritated by it. I was irritated at times by the presence of the hunting lobby in the centre of Parliament square, but, as those Members who have read the Select Committee report will know, evidence was given to that Committee by the hon. Members for Mid-Sussex...

Sessional Orders and Resolutions (3 Nov 2004)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: ...On one slightly bizarre occasion, I was talking to him when he decided he wanted a photograph of him in conversation with some peace protesters visiting from Canada. He went off and got one of the hunt supporters to take the photograph. The two sides seemed to have worked out a modus operandi, even though I suspect that they probably did not agree on anything.

Countryside (Access) 22 (8 Mar 1999)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: ...and on their aspirations for a right of access. People in urban areas want such access desperately. They love the countryside just as much as Conservative Members, who pretend that loving it means hunting and killing animals in it. My right hon. Friend said that there might be restricted access on account of defence purposes and defence needs. What discussions has he had with the Ministry...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Chile (19 Jan 1999)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: ...between past Conservative Governments and the fascist organisations in Chile, and in particular any documentation relating to Operation Condor, under which General Pinochet and Argentinian generals hunted down and assassinated Orlando Letelier, General Prats and others, and a British citizen, William Beausire, was hijacked out of Argentina and subsequently died in Chile? Does the Foreign...

Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill: Local Referendums (13 Mar 1998)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: ...? We have just had a debate about foxes crossing the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. What does the hon. Gentleman propose to do about foxes that escape from a hunting area into a non-hunting area, when the hounds, the horses and, possibly, the huntsmen are unaware of the county, parish or district boundaries?

Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill: Local Referendums (13 Mar 1998)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: ...has expressed deep concern about the activities of foxes in eating other animals. Is he calling for the extermination of all foxes or does he propose the continued breeding of foxes to enable hunts to go around hunting them? That is a matter of some concern to many of us.

Orders of the Day — Asylum and Immigration Bill: Repeals (22 Feb 1996)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: ...the victim rather than looking at the causes of people seeking asylum. It represents a refusal to look at the destruction of democracy in so many places. Indeed, it involves taking part in a hunt against individuals such as Dr. al-Masari, who will be disgracefully thrown out of this country if the Home Secretary has his way. We are coming up, by the way, to the first anniversary of the...

Antarctic Treaty (21 Jul 1994)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: ...about how the whales have been treated. They are supremely intelligent beings capable of communicating and travelling over many thousands of miles. They are enormous creatures. They have been hunted to near extinction in Antarctica. We hope that those days are behind us, but the problem is that the whale sanctuary has to be policed. We need a policing system to ensure that countries do not...

Schedule 1: Descriptions of Works Referred to in Section 5 of This Act (28 Jan 1992)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: ...be destroyed. We are talking about an interesting and historic area. Damage would also be caused to the Camley street open space. That might seem totally irrelevant to those who come from the rolling acres of hunting country, but the Camley street open space is precious to the children and young people who developed that land into a natural park. I know that it will be replaced under...

Abolition of Deer Hunting (26 Jun 1991)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to ban the hunting of deer with hounds; and for connected purposes. It is with a sense of sadness that we recall the death of Eric Heffer earlier this year. He was a former vice-president of the League Against Cruel Sports. If he had lived, I am sure that he would have wanted to be a sponsor of the Bill, as someone who dedicated so much of...

Abolition of Deer Hunting (26 Jun 1991)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: ...that we are debating is a serious one, on which many people in Britain have strong opinions, as hon. Members who read their postbags will be well aware. I am describing the cruelty involved in hunting deer with hounds and killing them at the end of the chase. The deer are often torn apart alive by packs of dogs. Great cruelty is involved in such hunting. Part of the weakness of our...

Private Members' Bills: Chlorofluorocarbons (Control) Bill [Lords] (6 Jul 1990)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: ...is tantamount to a secret vote. In an elected Parliament, everything should be open and above board. If the hon. Member for Romsey and Waterside (Mr. Colvin) wishes to oppose the abolition of deer hunting—or the excellent Bill presented by my hon. Friend the Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks) to protect badger setts—let him stand up and say so.

Orders of the Day — Private Members' Bills: Abolition of Deer Hunting Bill (22 Jun 1990)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. In objecting to the Abolition of Deer Hunting Bill, would not it have been right for the hon. Member for Upminster (Sir N. Bonsor) to have informed the House that he is chairman of the British Field Sports Society? Should he not have declared that interest in blocking this Bill, which is designed to prohibit cruelty to deer through hunting with hounds?

Abolition of Deer Hunting (19 Jun 1990)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to prohibit the hunting and killing of deer with dogs; and for connected purposes. My purpose in introducing the—[Interruption.]

Abolition of Deer Hunting (19 Jun 1990)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: I hope that those hon. Members who have left the Chamber already have not gone hunting as it is the close season. The purpose of the Bill is to strengthen animal protection legislation. The need to do that arises because the Protection of Animals Act 1911 and the Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act 1912 excluded cruelty to wild animals. Because of that, blood sports have been able to...

Overseas Development (17 Mar 1989)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: ...Minister will tell us what plans he has to do something about it. I want to mention the British Government's attitude to poorer countries in relation to 1992 and the EEC. There was a delegation here recently led by Mr. Julian Hunte from St. Lucia concerning the implications of the Single European Act for the survival of the Windward Islands. There is a problem because of the likelihood of...

Overseas Development (17 Mar 1989)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: Yes. I also had an interesting discussion with Mr. Hunte and I thought that he was a man to be admired. The point is, the British Government have to convince the EEC of the need to protect the economies of the Windward Islands. I am glad to hear that the Minister intends to try to do that but he cannot give an absolute guarantee. My concern, and the concern of Mr. Hunte and many others...

Orders of the Day — Social Security Bill (2 Nov 1987)

Mr Jeremy Corbyn: ...in implementing the family credit proposals is unsatisfactory. We cannot begin a new piece of legislation such as this when the last piece of legislation has not been cleared up. As for young people, I detect the usual Tory trick of hunting the scapegoat. They seem to think that somewhere in this country a 16-year-old is lying in bed in the morning instead of going out and getting a job....