Results 1-13 of 13 for hunting speaker:Eric Forth

Public Bill Committee: Violent Crime Reduction Bill: Clause 30 - Manufacture, import and sale of realistic imitation firearms (25 Oct 2005)

Eric Forth: ...where the deactivated weaponry is intrinsic to the equipment, (e)realistic imitation firearms used in security dog training and security guard training, (f)realistic imitation firearms used in hunt dog training, (g)realistic and deactivated firearms used by educators, colleges and schools, (h)reproduction components for weapons of .50” calibre and over, (i)starting pistols,...

Traffic Management Bill [Ways and Means] [No.2] (15 Jul 2004)

Mr Eric Forth: ...approves a thing, we should in effect nod it through; at least, that seemed to be the gist of what he said. I must admit that I am rather keen on that doctrine. If we applied it, for example, to hunting, postal votes or the Lord Chancellor, we would be in an interestingly new political world. So I thank the Minister for his inspirational lead, and in respect of those purposes I welcome his...

Business of the House (26 Jun 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ...we see what happens. The tax-raising Leader of the House has announced today that three major, controversial Bills will be given only one day each for their remaining stages. I am talking about the Hunting Bill, to which a very large number of amendments have been tabled by hon. Members on both sides of the House and which is very controversial, and the Health and Social Care (Community...

Business of the House (19 Jun 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ...from No. 10, especially on those concerning the Lord Chancellor and the Privy Council? We need to know that for the sake of completeness. Why are the Government giving parliamentary time to the Hunting Bill and not, apparently, to the Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Bill? Do the Government now believe that foxes' health is more important than people's health? And...

Business of the House (27 Mar 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: ...? I will give him a chance to have a look at it now to refresh his memory. [That this House deplores the derogatory comments made by the Deputy Prime Minister in relation to the resignation of Lord Hunt.] Does the Parliamentary Secretary know who Lord Hunt is?

Business of the House (27 Mar 2003)

Mr Eric Forth: Has the hon. Gentleman told the Deputy Prime Minister who Lord Hunt is? Has the Deputy Prime Minister apologised to Lord Hunt? There is a huge gap in the Government's ministerial ranks. The national health service will sorely miss the expertise and services of Lord Hunt. When will appointments be made to those crucial vacancies and when will the Prime Minister start to take the House of...

Business of the House (28 Feb 2002)

Mr Eric Forth: ...the record that there is no question of any link whatever between the support given by the parliamentary Labour party to the Transport Secretary and the almost immediate announcement of a debate on hunting? If it were ever to emerge that there was any truth in that, it would be seen as the most cynical ploy. It must be a perfect example of the countryside being sacrificed to a Secretary of...

Business of the House (1 Nov 2001)

Mr Eric Forth: ...if we could have notification of that. Before we come to the Second Reading of the Animal Health Bill on 12 November, will the Government clarify the position on the report on the assessment of hunting in foot and mouth areas? It strikes me as rather odd—or maybe it is not that odd—that a Minister is sitting on the report, presumably because its contents are not what the...

Social Security Contributions (Share Options) Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Consideration of Lords Amendments and further messages from the Lords (8 Feb 2001)

Mr Eric Forth: ..., or whatever. Today, rightly, as usual, Mr. Speaker generously allowed some time for business questions. The Government are lucky that there was no Division on the grubby deal that was done on the Hunting Bill. By setting a time of 3.30 pm for the conclusion of proceedings, rather than allowing us a specific amount of time, the Government have made us victims of the vagaries of the...

Orders of the Day — House of Commons (Removal of Clergy Disqualification) Bill (6 Feb 2001)

Mr Eric Forth: ...almost every respect, the timing of the Bill's introduction is not only unfortunate, but unacceptable and unconscionable. The fact that the Government gave priority not to this measure, but to anti-hunting Bills and piffling Bills on vehicle crime says much about their sense of priorities. I shall return briefly to the issue of timing, because it is important. I am also uneasy about the...

Science and Technology Committee (31 Jan 2001)

Mr Eric Forth: ...a problem. Of course, expertise has a role to play in many debates, although one wonders how many hon. Members—particularly on the Labour Benches—who participated in the debate on the Hunting Bill have ever been on a horse or chased a fox. I do not know the answer to that, just as I do not know how much expertise they were bringing to bear. I shall pursue the hon. Gentleman's...

Orders of the Day — Criminal Cases Review (Insanity) Bill [Lords] (23 Jul 1999)

Mr Eric Forth: Fox hunting.

Education Cuts (29 Mar 1995)

Mr Eric Forth: ...authority of Wiltshire was spending 5.2 per cent. of its expenditure on administration, but, unbelievably, that it was wasting valuable money, which could be going on education, on pursuing some sort of anti-hunting vendetta. Such examples tell us clearly not only that the opportunities exist for local authorities to reorder their priorities and put more money into education, but that...