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Public Bill Committee: Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Clause 114 (27 Nov 2007)

David Heath: ...Audit Commission. That forms the structure around which the joint inspections will take place. It would have been better to have expressed that  explicitly in the Bill, rather than people having to hunt around three different enactments to find out what the situation is. My amendment deals with something that is, to the Association of Police Authorities, a specific omission: peer...

Hunting Bill: Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs (16 Nov 2004)

Mr David Heath: ...important, whether one is for or against a ban. Some of my constituents are distressed at the thought of losing their livelihoods. I am not talking about people who sit on horses and engage in hunting as a sport; I am talking about people on low incomes in tied accommodation who will lose their jobs and their homes if the ban is implemented. The loss of property is not a narrow issue of...

Hunting Bill [Money] (16 Nov 2004)

Mr David Heath: ...'s previous decision, is the amendment tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for St. Ives (Andrew George) on compensation—an issue that is important to many hon. Members on both sides of the hunting argument. Does the Minister intend to allow the House to divide on that amendment later?

Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill (8 Jan 2004)

Mr David Heath: ...lifeblood of racing, what makes the whole industry tick, is not the glamorous courses or the glamorous meetings, not Royal Ascot or glorious Goodwood, but the smaller courses that provide National Hunt racing day in, day out, and week in, week out? I am thinking of courses such as Wincanton—and, indeed, courses in my hon. Friend's constituency.

Hunting Bill: New Clause 1 — Compensation (9 Jul 2003)

Mr David Heath: We must continue to explore the parallel between the fur farming legislation and this Bill. Whatever one thinks of hunting, some people will lose their jobs as a direct result of the legislation. It was considered absolutely necessary to provide compensation to fur farmers. I remember the proceedings well. It was never suggested then that fur farmers were entitled to benefit and the...

Hunting Bill: New Clause 1 — Compensation (9 Jul 2003)

Mr David Heath: The hon. Gentleman makes an important point about how the Bill deals with people at the lowest end of the pay scale who are employed by the hunt. Is there any reason why the House legislated to give lavish compensation to those who farmed mink, yet will not pay kennel maids who will lose their jobs because of an Act of Parliament?

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting with Hounds (19 Dec 2002)

Mr David Heath: During the debate the other day, the right hon. Gentleman recognised that if there is a ban on the hunts or a reduction in their number, it will cause particular problems for disposal of fallen stock. Does he recognise that there is a problem, irrespective of whether the hunting ban is introduced, that will be exacerbated by the on-farm burial regulations? Will he introduce the proposals,...

New Clause 1: Disposal of Fallen Stock (27 Feb 2001)

Mr David Heath: Does the hon. and learned Gentleman agree that the matter we are discussing is not one that should divide those who are for a hunting ban and those who are against one? Surely it is a matter of good public policy that, particularly now, there should be a safe, efficient and effective way of dealing with casualty stock. The almost half a million carcases that are going to the hunts each year...

New Clause 1: Disposal of Fallen Stock (27 Feb 2001)

Mr David Heath: I hope that my hon. Friend will not pursue to great length the activity of hunting but will concentrate instead on the people whose jobs depend on it. Many kennel maids and hunt staff are among the lowest-paid people in the industry. Clearly they should be compensated if hunting is banned. It is reprehensible that the Bill does not recognise that group of people and their rights.