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Results 1-5 of 5 for hunting speaker:Glenda Jackson
- Hunting with Dogs (3 Dec 2002)
Ms Glenda Jackson: I regret to tell my right hon. Friend that most of my constituents who have been campaigning for a total ban on hunting with dogs well before the issue came before the House would have regarded his golden thread as somewhat pinchbeck if there had been no opportunity for the Bill to be amended so that the House could yet again debate the issue of a total ban. May I say that I am grateful to...
- Orders of the Day — Wild Mammals (Hunting With Dogs) Bill (7 Apr 2000)
Ms Glenda Jackson: Clearly, the hon. Gentleman has, not for the first time, misunderstood the point made by Labour Members. I was refuting the argument that hunting, of itself, created a beneficial natural environment which promoted the well-being of the fox population. My question was, if that was the case, why were foxes leaving the countryside in increasing numbers?
- Orders of the Day — Wild Mammals (Hunting With Dogs) Bill (7 Apr 2000)
Ms Glenda Jackson: If fox hunting maintains environments in the countryside that benefit fox populations, why are the animals increasingly moving to urban areas? Foxes live and breed in my garden, for example, and the urban population of foxes is increasing. If hunting creates such a wonderful environment for foxes, why are they leaving it?
- Orders of the Day — Wild Mammals (Hunting With Dogs) Bill (7 Apr 2000)
Ms Glenda Jackson: Some of the hon. Gentleman's hon. Friends made the point that the hunt destroys foxes who are injured, elderly or diseased. Therefore, the argument that the hunt is necessary to keep fox populations down and that it is a form of culling is absurd. According to his hon. Friends, it is the healthy fox, the fox that is still in a position to be able to breed, that inevitably evades and escapes...
- Orders of the Day — Wild Mammals (Hunting With Dogs) Bill (7 Apr 2000)
Ms Glenda Jackson: ...want to add to the burden of my hon. Friend's attempts to find a way through the illogicalities, but is there not a further illogicality? If one accepts the argument that the only foxes killed by hunting are those that are old, diseased or lame, why does it take a hunt so long to catch them? Why do hunts engage in activities specifically designed to prolong the hunt?