Results 1-16 of 16 for hunting speaker:Mike Hall

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 7 - Hare coursing (13 Feb 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: I am following the hon. Gentleman's argument carefully. Is he saying that the wording of the clause is causing him problems? He is not trying to argue that there is any utility in hare coursing or hunting.

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 6 - Deer (11 Feb 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: ...say that I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's intervention, but it was more of a speech and a repetition of what he said for a good hour. The Burns report is clear: it says on page 39 that a hunt lasts on average three hours. The hon. Gentleman may be right that some deer, hind or stags are caught in 20 minutes, but, according to Burns, it takes much longer than that in some cases. I do...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 6 - Deer (11 Feb 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: I stand corrected and I am grateful for the intervention. My final point relates to the claim that commercial activities will take precedence over conservation if we ban stag hunting. I do not accept that that is a strong argument or reason for the clause not standing part of the Bill. I am concerned about the clause standing part unamended, however. I have not sought to amend it in...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 6 - Deer (11 Feb 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: I will be brief. I shall support the clause, but I have reservations. Members of the public will notice that we have not tabled amendments on including foxhunting. My hon. Friend the Member for Sherwood, in a thoughtful contribution this morning, said that he is looking forward to amendments being tabled to the clause at a later stage. I support that view. I would like the clause to be...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Schedule 1 - Exempt Hunting (6 Feb 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: Could the hon. Gentleman tell me what the middle way is on the hunting of mink?

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: [Part II] (4 Feb 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: ...under control or whether they are actually under control. My amendment would strengthen the definition. I have reached that conclusion because I am concerned that the Bill would allow the hunting of mammals through the back door by allowing dogs to dispatch them. I should like to explore with my right hon. Friend the Minister whether he is confident that, given the way in which schedule 1...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: [Part II] (4 Feb 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: ...by the utility in paragraph 1 of the schedule, the recapture of a mammal in paragraph 6 or the rescue of a mammal in paragraph 7? If a dog actually dispatches a mammal, would it be classified as hunting or it would be exempt under the schedule? I want to explore whether ''sufficiently under control'' or ''actually under control'', which has been defined in previous animal welfare...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 24 - Standard duration of registration (30 Jan 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: ...enjoyed the rant from the right hon. Member for Suffolk, Coastal (Mr. Gummer), who was obviously playing to an audience. I will speak to the amendments that restrict the registration period for hunting to three months. This is the seventh full day of sittings on the Bill and, if I have understood the debate correctly, there are three reasons why people want to hunt: pleasure, the belief...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 24 - Standard duration of registration (30 Jan 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: The hon. Gentleman answers his own question. If the application is to deal with a rogue fox, once that fox is dealt with there is no utility left. The hunt will then be allowed to continue hunting for three years without any utility.

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 24 - Standard duration of registration (30 Jan 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: ...the Minister that my amendment is a probing amendment. To answer the hon. Gentleman's question, if there are rogue foxes, I am sure that, within a three-month period, with the efficiency of the hunt it will be able to sort them out.

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 24 - Standard duration of registration (30 Jan 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: I am grateful for that intervention. I recall the hon. Gentleman's earlier contribution when he said that foxes do not feel pain when they are hunted, because the adrenaline causes endorphins and the endorphins cause the foxes to become self-anaesthetised, and then they do not feel pain when they are killed. I have pondered that question. When the fox looks over the horizon and sees coming in...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 24 - Standard duration of registration (30 Jan 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: This is the argument. If we are to control the fox population by hunting, the most effective time to do that is from the time when the foxes are dispersed to the time when they start to breed. That is the two-month period of January and February. Therefore, the three-month registration period for fox hunting would clear that part of the utility test, too. The purpose of the amendment is to...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 23 - Inspection of the register (30 Jan 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: ...on the fairness or unfairness of any application to be registered under the Bill. If they do not have access to the register, they will not be able to carry out that duty properly. If an organised hunt applies to renew its registration, the prescribed organisations will be able to see what has happened on the ground and compare that with the information in the register to see whether the...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 9 - The registrar (23 Jan 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: I am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman. Is he saying that the registrar would need practical knowledge of hunting, or is he talking about theoretical knowledge? If the registrar had to have practical knowledge, would he be able to get that without associating with people who hunt?

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 8 (9 Jan 2003)

Mr Mike Hall: If the hon. Gentleman believes that the fox will disappear in large parts of his constituency if foxhunting disappears, can he explain why there are three foxes living near where I live in Kennington, despite the fact that there is no Kennington hunt?

Hunting with Dogs (3 Dec 2002)

Mr Mike Hall: My right hon. Friend served on the Standing Committee considering the Bill brought forward in 2000. He will therefore know that that Bill, had it reached the statute book, would have banned the hunting with dogs of foxes, deer, mink and hare. My constituents will not be able to understand why, if the Bill is to ban hunting with dogs of hare and deer, it cannot also ban the hunting of foxes? I...