Results 1-6 of 6 for hunting speaker:John Hayes

Public Bill Committee: : Clause 1 (10 Mar 2009)

John Hayes: ...as he put it—which means in the workplace. Surely then he simply cannot have an apprenticeship without a significant work-based element. You will remember, Mrs. Humble, that when in 1994 Lord Hunt of Wirral, then a Member of Parliament and Secretary of State for Employment, created the idea of the modern apprenticeship its calibre and status were signified by the fact that it would be...

Public Bill Committee: Further Education and Training Bill [Lords]: Clause 17 (12 Jun 2007)

John Hayes: ...are in favour in principle, because we want to be straightforward with the Minister, the Committee, the whole House and the other organisations involved. It would have been easy to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, but I avoided that temptation. However, having done that, we should, responsibly and in a measured way, take full account of the concerns of universities and others....

Orders of the Day — Housing Bill: Clause 137 — Duty to have a home information pack (8 Nov 2004)

Mr John Hayes: ...is no surprise, is it? No doubt sellers pack millionaires will emerge from this. That will be the Minister's legacy. The Government say that sellers packs should be compulsory. In the other place, Lord Hunt described the compulsion issue as the key question. If the packs are such a good idea, why do not the Government trust the people and allow them to say whether they want them or not? If...

Orders of the Day — Hunting Bill: Hunting Bill (17 Jan 2001)

Mr John Hayes: .... On the last point, does he acknowledge that the shift in opinion since the matter was first debated in the House a couple of years ago has, if anything, been towards greater tolerance of hunting? Does he accept that, as the hon. Member for North-West Leicestershire (Mr. Taylor) was honest enough to admit in his contribution, there has been a shift towards the view that hunting should be...

Orders of the Day — Hunting Bill: Hunting Bill (17 Jan 2001)

Mr John Hayes: ...responsible for the destruction of the brown hare population, which the hon. Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice) mentioned? If it cannot be policed now, what difference would passing a Bill banning hunting with dogs make? Illegal hare coursing has a lot to answer for, but such a Bill would do nothing to address the problem.

Listening to the Countryside (3 Mar 1998)

Mr John Hayes: ...The fear of radical change—of the transformation of customs; culture; and the traditions of whole communities—motivated Sunday's march more than any other factor. Of course it was about hunting, but, more than that, it was about the fear of such radical change.