Results 1-10 of 10 for hunting speaker:Evan Harris

Prayers: Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill (27 Mar 2009) has video

Evan Harris: ...of the hon. Member for Gainsborough (Mr. Leigh), who on 8 March 2005 introduced the Royal Marriages (Freedom of Religion) Bill. We see eye to eye on very few issues—perhaps this one and fox hunting are the exceptions—but I have great respect for the consistent position that he has taken on this issue, and for the fact that, although he may not be an enthusiast for everything...

[Mr. Mike Hancock in the Chair] — Shipman Inquiry (21 Jun 2007)

Evan Harris: ...wording is not right, because the civil standard of proof can come up to that level, but it is a matter of concern. If we want to have the profession's confidence without the perception of a witch hunt, we must deal with that, and there is no doubt that it would have interfered with any GMC approach to cases such as Shipman or anything close to it.

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill [Lords]: Clause 56 - Organisations relating to religion or belief (6 Dec 2005)

Evan Harris: I am very keen. I knew that I had it, and the Minister could see me hunting through Lords Hansard, which is a pleasure not to be enjoyed at this time of day. Baroness Whittaker moved amendment No. 35, which stated: ''leave out 'imposed', and insert 'reasonably justified'''.—[Official Report, House of Lords, 9 November 2005; Vol. 675, c. 675.] Subsequently, Lord Lester of Herne Hill,...

Public Bill Committee: Equality Bill [Lords]: Clause 9 - Human rights (29 Nov 2005)

Evan Harris: ...not be ridiculous actions, but actions where there is a reasonable case. As far as I know, the hon. Lady’s party did not object to what I, despite having voted against legislation to ban hunting, considered to be a ridiculous action brought by the Countryside Alliance under the Human Rights Act to seek to overturn that ban. As I say, I voted against the ban, but once Parliament had...

Infant Death Syndrome (21 Dec 2004)

Dr Evan Harris: ...of Sir Roy Meadow, or other cases. For reasons of medical confidentiality, and as a result of legal advice, the people at the centre of such cases cannot reply to the media or political witch hunts that are set in train. That makes it more difficult to find paediatricians willing to do child protection work. If they do not come forward, there is a greater chance that there will be a...

Public Bill Committee: NHS Reform & Health Care Professions Bill: Clause 18 - Supplementary (6 Dec 2001)

Dr Evan Harris: ...of CHCs, but the new clause is intended to replicate those powers within the new structures. New clause 5 would amend the Local Government Act 2000. Many long minutes, if not hours, were spent hunting down the sections that I wanted to amend, but I am pretty sure that the new clause is in the right ballpark in terms of accuracy. It would provide for overview and scrutiny committees or...

Public Bill Committee: NHS Reform & Health Care Professions: Clause 13 - Commission for health improvement: inspections and investigations (4 Dec 2001)

Dr Evan Harris: ...some light on what those powers might be? I do not want to have an endless debate, and I shall not rise to the bait given by the Conservative party's hard-working Liberal Democrat unit, which hunts out quotes from a democratic party conference where we debated future policy. The third point, which concerns whether the Commission for Health Improvement holds up a mirror to the NHS, is...

Medical Research (30 Jan 2001)

Dr Evan Harris: ...scrutiny. The intimidation is now so widespread, the harassment so frequent and the threats so clear and vivid that it is right for the Government to act. I have here a cutting from the Stop Huntingdon Animal Centre newsletter, which was on the web. It is an article entitled "Zero Tolerance", a report from the Kent group. I think it right to put the article on the record so that people...

Orders of the Day — Chess (15 Mar 1999)

Dr Evan Harris: I agree. I am pleased that in Oxford we have our own chess prodigies in the Hunt siblings, Adam and Harriet, who have been British champions at various ages. Indeed, the Minister is aware of the problem of women's access to sport and recreational activity. Following the debate on sport for all in July 1997, which he will remember, he wrote to the hon. Member for Garston to point out that he...

Orders of the Day — Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill: Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill (1 Mar 1999)

Dr Evan Harris: ...hon. Member for Billericay (Mrs. Gorman) that the hon. Member for New Forest, West (Mr. Swayne) claimed not long ago that that was not so, and that, in fact, 15-year-old girls were recognised as hunting for older men and wanting relationships with them. The people who have spoken against the Bill on predation seem to want it both ways, but they cannot have it every which way. There is...