Results 1-20 of 28 for hunting speaker:Anne McIntosh

Orders of the Day — Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill: Clause 103 — Sections 101 And 102: Supplementary (21 Feb 2005)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: .... The Minister said that he had been talking to people in the countryside, but I am surprised that anyone there would want to talk to him at all since the Government have imposed the ban on hunting through their very ill-thought-out Bill.

Public Bill Committee: Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill: Clause 111 - Short title (1 Feb 2005)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: ...''clean neighbourhoods'' features so strategically and prominently in the title, as it did throughout the consultation process. I represent a more deeply rural area. One hesitates to mention the hunt, but in case that is an indication of how rural an area is, I point out that the Vale of York enjoys nine separate hunts on its terrain. As I mentioned, we have neighbourhood watches. We also...

Public Bill Committee: Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Bill: Clause 68 - Termination of police responsibility forstray dogs (27 Jan 2005)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: ...discussion, and to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Boston and Skegness, he would know that the illegal activities that result in stray dogs often take place in the winter. If drag hunting is allowed to continue, there will be hounds that go astray. I do not suggest that there should be a 100-strong, 24-hour dog warden service, but a service should be available 24 hours day....

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

Mrs Anne McIntosh: I congratulate the hon. Member for Ogmore (Huw Irranca-Davies) on his courageous and eloquent speech. Does my hon. Friend agree that the Burns inquiry found that hunting remains the most humane form of pest control in safekeeping our habitat for future generations? Will my hon. Friend raise that with the Minister?

Hunting Bill (Procedure) (15 Sep 2004)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: ...by allowing pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill in the same way as the Government are allowing such scrutiny of the Animal Welfare Bill, or even enabling that measure to consider aspects of hunting, shooting and fishing, we would have been spared any resort to the Parliament Act?

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fallen Stock (19 Nov 2003)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether hunts will be able to register as (a) collectors and (b) receivers of fallen stock.

Public Bill Committee: Railways and Transport Safety Bill: Clause 56 - Statistics (25 Feb 2003)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: ...if I am wrong—I think that trespass was not considered to be an offence in Scotland. It may have become an offence under the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002, which relates to hunting. I hope that the Minister will comment on that. This innocent-looking little clause fits neatly between clauses 55 and 57, and sums up the policing plan. I wish that I could commend...

Public Bill Committee: Railways and Transport Safety Bill: Clause 56 - statistics (25 Feb 2003)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: ...the published statistics by noting the offences committed in England and Wales that are not deemed to be offences under Scottish law? Similarly, new offences may be created under Scots law—in hunting for example, although I am not sure whether the British Transport police would come across that—so do the statistics reflect that too? There is a serious omission in subsection...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting (13 Jan 2003)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the hunts active across the Vale of York in part in upland areas will be allowed to continue under the proposed Bill.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting (8 Jan 2003)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of who will take over the role of disposing of fallen stock if the number of hunts are reduced as a consequence of the bill.

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

Mrs Anne McIntosh: What recent assessment she has made of the impact that a ban on hunting with hounds would have on farming and the countryside.

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

Mrs Anne McIntosh: ...form of pest control through the Bill and maintaining the level of the quarried species in their natural habitat. He will be aware that Vale of York is virtually unique in having about 10 different hunts across its terrain, most of which hunt in part on upland farm land. Does that mean that he can give me a guarantee today that each of those hunts will continue under his Bill?

Hunting Bill (16 Dec 2002)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: I have been out with the Blencathra hunt. Has the hon. Gentleman? If so, is he aware that one reason it goes to such lengths is to ensure a balance in the countryside for future generations of foxes? My problem with the Bill is that it would lead to the eradication of all foxes, which is not what the Opposition want.

Hunting Bill (16 Dec 2002)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: I am happy to give West Ham a penalty point—I fear they may need it at the moment. Did I carry the hon. Gentleman with me on my remark about the contribution that horses that participate in hunting make to the future of the national hunt? Does he agree that if the number of exempt hunts was reduced to such a low level that the national hunt was jeopardised, this would indeed be a very...

Hunting Bill (16 Dec 2002)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: In responding to these points, could my hon. Friend also carry West Ham with us in considering the issue of point-to-point racing, and its connection not only with the hunt but with national hunt racing? If there were dramatically few exempt hunts available, what would the future of national hunt racing be?

Oral Answers to Questions — Advocate-General: Devolution (9 Jul 2002)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: Will the Advocate-General explain how she and the Lord Advocate came to give conflicting advice in the recent human rights and hunting case? Do they ever have occasion to meet, so that they give harmonious advice in future?

Oral Answers to Questions — Church Commissioners: Hunting (25 Mar 2002)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: Will the hon. Gentleman tell the House what consultation has been held with tenants of Church land as to whether they are in favour of hunting with hounds?

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

Mrs Anne McIntosh: ...of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, the right hon. Member for Gateshead, East and Washington, West (Ms Quin), has asserted in the House—it is on the record—that the hunts make a positive and valuable contribution to the removal of fallen stock on farms.

Prayers: Rural and Urban White Papers (26 Jan 2001)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: ...of Way Act 2000. I urge him to join me on the march on 18 March to show that we want not only to continue country pursuits as we have known and enjoyed them over the years, but to put a stop to a ban on hunting for a very good reason. I want country pursuits to continue as normal and I recognise that the fox is a pest, but the Government's own report, which was produced by the Burns...

Oral Answers to Questions — Hunting (28 Jun 2000)

Mrs Anne McIntosh: Does the Secretary of State not accept that hunting and farming are inextricably linked? What assessment has he made of any potential ban on hunting on the Welsh countryside, on Welsh farming and, in particular, on those employed by the hunts in Wales?