Results 1-14 of 14 for hunting speaker:Judy Mallaber

Petitions: Respect for Animals (13 Jul 2006)

Judy Mallaber: ...of nearly 1 million seals, almost all under three months of age, over the last three years by Canada is a cruel outrage. The Petitioners further declare that they are appalled by the cruelty of the hunt. They note that a team of independent veterinarians who observed the Canadian seal hunt in 2001 found that 42 per cent. of the seals examined were likely conscious when skinned; are...

Canadian Seals (14 Feb 2006)

Judy Mallaber: I dedicate this debate on the commercial Canadian seal hunt to the memory of Tony Banks, an extraordinary campaigner for animal welfare. Today, I received a letter supporting us in the debate from Sally Banks, who has taken up the baton. She says: "Tony's passionate opposition to this barbarous hunt is the reason that I have pledged to continue his work." Sally says that the issue was close...

Canadian Seals (14 Feb 2006)

Judy Mallaber: I thank my hon. Friend for that extremely helpful information. The trade has been banned in the United State since 1972. Greenland, which carries out its own indigenous seal hunt, recently stopped all imports of seal skins from Canada. I understand that that happened just after pictures of the Canadian seal hunt were broadcast on national TV there. If the film that I watched this morning was...

Canadian Seals (14 Feb 2006)

Judy Mallaber: ...to prove that we can. We have a legal opinion that shows that we can do that in the primary argument made by Philippe Sands about protecting public morals. The ethical argument for banning the seal hunt is made comprehensively and with great authority by Rev. Professor Andrew Linzey in the pamphlet "Public Morality and the Canadian Seal Hunt". He talks about how the activity is devoid of...

Meat Fraud (10 Dec 2003)

Miss Judy Mallaber: ...the Minister to congratulate the Amber Valley officers, Sue Sonnex and Steve Haslam, whose salary was covered by the Food Standards Agency, and Derbyshire police, particularly Neil Perry, Darren Hunt, Nicholas Mathews, Colin Newton and Greg Dexter, on their surveillance and investigation, which led to five people being jailed for a total of 11 years for conspiracy to defraud, although the...

Hunting Bill (Programme) (No. 4) (1 Jul 2003)

Miss Judy Mallaber: Does my right hon. Friend agree that the settled will of the House of Commons is that the best way to get rid of the cruelty inherent in the so-called sport of hunting with dogs is through a total ban? When he introduced the Bill, was it not also his intention to get rid of cruelty?

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: [Part II] (11 Feb 2003)

Miss Judy Mallaber: ...figures that the hon. Gentleman gave from the Burns report for his own area, it seemed to me that the extra deer that would potentially be shot would be fewer than those currently killed through hunting.

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 1 - Hunting wild mammals with dogs (4 Feb 2003)

Miss Judy Mallaber: Does my hon. Friend agree that several hon. Members have had letters, as I have had, objecting to the precise practices he mentioned, such as hunts going over land when permission has not been given? In one case, a hunt went over a school ground and scared the children.

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 9 - The registrar (23 Jan 2003)

Miss Judy Mallaber: ...their party political affiliation when there are differing views within each political party? For example, my predecessor as Member of Parliament for Amber Valley, Mr. Philip Oppenheim, was against hunting. Therefore, to be excluded solely by virtue of one's party political affiliation would be a shame.

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 8 - Tests for registration: (9 Jan 2003)

Miss Judy Mallaber: To return to amendment No. 24, does my hon. Friend the Minister understand that we want to exclude hunting if it is more painful or cruel than another method? Subsection (2) appears to be provide an easier test for hunting to pass than we would wish. We want to make the difference as minimal as possible. If there is any suggestion that hunting is more cruel than another method, we do not...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 8 (9 Jan 2003)

Miss Judy Mallaber: I seek absolute clarification on the matter. The hon. Gentleman is seeking to compare the relative cruelties of shooting and hunting. Would he clarify that amendment No. 174 is not just about comparing shooting and hunting? It says that as long as hunting is not the cruellest method, it is all right. He is not making a comparison between two methods of killing, but saying specifically that so...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Clause 8 (9 Jan 2003)

Miss Judy Mallaber: I am slightly puzzled by the hon. Gentleman's argument—perhaps it is too early in the morning. As far as I know, fish are not mammals that people plan to hunt with dogs, which is what the Bill covers.

Hunting Bill (16 Dec 2002)

Miss Judy Mallaber: Will my hon. Friend note that, contrary to the statements made twice by the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire (Lembit Öpik), there is support for a ban on hunting, as evidenced in appendix 1 to the research paper in the House of Commons Library?

Orders of the Day — The Economy and European Affairs (20 May 1997)

Miss Judy Mallaber: ...postbag—it was from the pro-fox hunters. I hope that it is of some comfort to Phillip Oppenheim that the defeat of his party has almost certainly paved the way for the abolition of hunting. I think that he will feel pleased about that. I also pay tribute to my predecessor's new-found talent as a newspaper diarist since the election. I have some dispute with him about his description...