Results 1-20 of 25 for hunting speaker:Barry Gardiner

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Elephants: Poaching (11 Jun 2007)

Barry Gardiner: ...are of sufficient quality. Similarly, I am content that the data available to MIKE are fit for the purpose for which they are intended, namely: (a) to measure levels and trends in the illegal hunting of elephants; (b) to determine changes in these trends over time; and (c) to determine the factors causing or associated with such changes, and to try and assess, in particular, to what extent...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hares (17 May 2007)

Barry Gardiner: ...the breeding season to that necessary for crop protection. The current view of the Brown Hare Species Action Plan Steering Group is that habitat changes due to modern farming practices, rather than hunting or shooting, are the main cause of population decline in the brown hare. The steering group, which advises DEFRA on this species, has therefore not recommended the establishment of a...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Birds (23 Apr 2007)

Barry Gardiner: There have been no recent assessments of the effects of hunting and shooting policies in EU member states on populations of migratory birds in Britain. Outside of Britain, assigning bird mortality to different causes is not currently possible because of a lack of data.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting (28 Mar 2007)

Barry Gardiner: The Secretary of State has not had any recent discussions with the Countryside Alliance about the Hunting Act 2004.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting (15 Mar 2007)

Barry Gardiner: The Government are satisfied with the effectiveness of the Hunting Act 2004, which bans all hunting of wild mammals with dogs, apart from the tightly-drawn exemptions set out in the Act. These exemptions are recognised as effective ways of dealing with specific pest control issues.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Animal Welfare: Birds of Prey (1 Mar 2007)

Barry Gardiner: Under the Animal Welfare Act 2006, the duty to ensure welfare applies to all vertebrate animals for which someone is responsible. Those intending to use birds of prey for fox hunting must first assess whether the welfare of the bird is likely to be compromised when used for such purposes.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting Act 2004 (23 Feb 2007)

Barry Gardiner: My Department has made no specific assessment of the impact of the Hunting Act 2005, beyond its normal monitoring of wildlife and the rural economy. However, the majority of hunts have continued to operate within the law. Therefore, there has been no discernable adverse effect on rural employment, which remains above the national average, or on the rural economy as a whole. In addition, DEFRA...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fox Hunting (17 Jan 2007)

Barry Gardiner: ...birds used in falconry activities. We are aware that the Hawk Board are opposed to any birds of prey being used in conjunction with hounds. However, the health and welfare of birds of prey used by hunts is subject to existing animal welfare legislation, and it is open to the police or private individuals to bring prosecutions if they believe that these laws are being broken.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fox Hunting (15 Jan 2007)

Barry Gardiner: The Government have not made any assessment of the number of wild mammals being hunted within the law.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting Act (4 Dec 2006)

Barry Gardiner: The Government have no plans to amend the Hunting Act 2004. We are satisfied with the operation of the Act, which bans all hunting of wild mammals with dogs, apart from in accordance with the tightly-drawn exemptions.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting (27 Nov 2006)

Barry Gardiner: The Forestry Commission is not aware of any hunt, whether a member of the Masters of Bloodhounds and Draghounds Association or the Masters of Foxhounds Association, which has successfully transferred to chemical-only based scents.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting (23 Nov 2006)

Barry Gardiner: ...Bloodhounds and Draghounds Association and the Masters of Foxhounds Association does not specify which chemical only based scents should be used. The choice of scents used and tested is left to the hunts, subject to the restrictions imposed in the agreement.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Desmoulins Whorl Snails (6 Nov 2006)

Barry Gardiner: ..., depending on the wetness of the season and, consequently, its numbers on some parts of some sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) have been reduced in recent drought years. Rack Marsh, Hunts Green and Bagnor Island all form part of the Kennet and Lambourn SSSI and Boxford Watermeadow is a separate SSSI. Both sites are assessed as being in favourable condition. Whilst there have...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fox Hunting (6 Nov 2006)

Barry Gardiner: The Forestry Commission allows drag hunting to take place in some areas formerly used for fox hunting. Their agreement with the Masters of Fox Hounds Association includes in the terms and conditions details of the scent that may be used. This has been revised for the current season by including the requirement for hunts to continue efforts to achieve successful hunting with chemical-only...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fox Hunting (8 Jun 2006)

Barry Gardiner: The Government have no plans to repeal the Hunting Act 2004. Since the ban came into effect, evidence has shown that hunts are continuing to meet and ride within the law and that the dire consequences for rural communities predicted by opponents of the Act have not materialised.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting with Dogs (23 May 2006)

Barry Gardiner: The Government received over 14,000 responses to its consultation on the issue of hunting with dogs in 2002, and has received at least 14,000 further representations from members of the public on this issue since then.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting Act (18 May 2006)

Barry Gardiner: The Government are satisfied with the operation of the Hunting Act 2004, which, except where carried out in accordance with the tightly-drawn exemptions set out in the Act, bans all hunting of wild mammals with dogs. DEFRA has not instituted specific arrangements to monitor the activities of individual hunts, but they are subject to the law and liable to prosecution if they breach the...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting Act (16 May 2006)

Barry Gardiner: The Government have no plans to bring forward proposals to vary the exemptions within the Hunting Act 2004.

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Industrial Wage Rate (27 May 2004)

Mr Barry Gardiner: ...weekly earnings of all full-time adult employees was £404.50 at April 2003. The average gross weekly earnings by industry is as follows: Industry Average gross weekly pay (£) Agriculture, hunting and forestry 273.60 Mining and quarrying 350.60 Manufacturing 374.30 Electricity, gas and water supply 596.30 Construction 372.00 Wholesale and retail trade...

Performance of Companies and Government Departments (Reporting) Bill (26 Mar 2004)

Mr Barry Gardiner: ...and bush antelope for years, as a way of topping up their protein intake, and who otherwise would have been forced into food poverty as a result of a timber trade that came in and merely allowed hunting to continue on the back of it. The impact of industries and companies on communities is incredibly diverse. It is sometimes difficult for Members to appreciate just how far the...