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Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Foundation Trusts (Local People) (22 Jul 2008) has video

Alun Michael: ...community was proving a source of inspiration to senior medical and other staff in the NHS trust. Has my hon. Friend taken note of the recommendations in the report prepared by Chris Ham and Peter Hunt, which says the potential that would arise from having more than 1 million members in these trusts could be fully engaged only if there was a sustained commitment of resources to members'...

Sessional Orders: Debate on the Address — [First Day] (15 Nov 2006)

Alun Michael: ...an overflowing Chamber, both sides said that we were spending too much time on something that was not a priority for anyone. But they still poured in hour after hour, day after day, to debate the Hunting Bill. Thank goodness hunting has lost its political potency after most hunts discovered that they could have a good day's sport without needing to chase a wild animal. Speaking today is a...

[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair] — Wind Energy (12 Jul 2006)

Alun Michael: ...that approach needs to be nurtured and, as I said earlier, that involves cash, time and knowledge. My hon. Friend will recall that I supplied him with a copy of a publication commissioned by Peter Hunt of Mutuo entitled "Community engagement in energy through energy mutuals". It was researched by Dr. Gill Owen, and I provided an introduction. It made two clear recommendations about how to...

Public Bill Committee: Charities Bill [Lords]: Clause 1 (4 Jul 2006)

Alun Michael: ...circumstances that apply. As for the couch potato amendment No. 53, I counsel great care when redefining sport. Having spent considerable time discussing what is defined by some as a sport—the hunting of live animals—I have become well aware of all the arguments about whether activities are on one side or another of a particular line. The other sort of activities that have been...

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Food Safety (17 Mar 2005)

Mr Alun Michael: My hon. Friend makes his point in his inimitable way. On the issue of dogs previously used in hunting, the level of redundancy seems to have been remarkably low in recent weeks, and activities are being undertaken within the law, which is fine. However, I am sure that his advice about possible career opportunities will be noted.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Criminal Offences (24 Jan 2005)

Mr Alun Michael: ...29) extended the offence of obstructing a highway under the Highways Act 1980 so that the directors, managers and other officers of a guilty company may also be found guilty of the obstruction. The Hunting Act 2004 (c.37) made it an offence under part 1 to hunt a wild mammal with a dog, except in some circumstances such as where the dog is only being used for stalking and flushing out, or...

Farming and Rural Communities (19 Jan 2005)

Mr Alun Michael: ...as we can possibly make it within the payment window, not only next year but in each successive year. Of all the rural issues, I turn finally to one that has been much debated in this House—hunting with dogs. The Countryside Alliance, with Conservative Members following in its footsteps, has consistently misrepresented hunting as a town-versus-country issue, which it is not, and...

Farming and Rural Communities (19 Jan 2005)

Mr Alun Michael: Is the hon. Gentleman now embarrassed by his opposition to the Hunting Bill and his comments during its Second Reading? I turn to this issue particularly because Conservative Members have made a lot of song and dance about its impact on the rural economy. They have banged on about it time and again over many months. Indeed, the hon. Member for North Wiltshire (Mr. Gray) might like me to...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Conferences (17 Jan 2005)

Mr Alun Michael: ...Seminar—November 2001 13,131 2002 Chemicals Stakeholder Forum—2002 4,690 Rural Revival Seminar—June 2002 1,105 SEAC Open Meeting—2002 37,255 Defra Hunting Hearings (three days)—2002 18,143 Eight Regional Events on Sustainable Food and Farming—2002 24,240 Noise Forum Conference—2002 313 Countryside Stewardship...

Hunting Act 2004 (11 Jan 2005)

Mr Alun Michael: ...issue before coming to the specifics of what we expect to happen in court on 25 January. I shall deal in particular with the challenge mounted by the Countryside Alliance to the validity of the Hunting Act 2004, which is based specifically on its argument that the Parliament Act 1949 is invalid. We disagree. We do not believe that its challenge will succeed, and we will vigorously contest...

Hunting Act 2004 (11 Jan 2005)

Mr Alun Michael: ...lawyers about what will happen when a case comes before the court. It is as simple as that. No other discussions are of any relevance whatever. Secondly, my right hon. Friend asked about what the Hunting Act states. As I have made clear, it states that commencement will be three months after Royal Assent. It is not for me to say what the court will make of that. I simply do not know....

Hunting Act 2004 (11 Jan 2005)

Mr Alun Michael: ...attempt. The hon. Gentleman has introduced nonsense to the debate, and it is clear that he did not listen to the answer that I gave to my right hon. Friend. The Government did not ram through the Hunting Act. The House voted 10 times in 10 years for the essential content of what is a good piece of legislation. That should be respected, as we now have an Act of Parliament. The Countryside...

Hunting Act 2004 (11 Jan 2005)

Mr Alun Michael: ...be affected, so the later date for commencement—we proposed July 2006, and the House agreed with that proposition—would have given everyone time to change their activities, take up drag hunting and consider other ways of ensuring that employment could continue through other equine activities, and so on, but the case against compensation remains strong, even with the date of 18...

Hunting Act 2004 (11 Jan 2005)

Mr Alun Michael: Yes, my hon. Friend is right. My advice to hunts—[Interruption.] I would advise hunts not to consider that the challenge might succeed, but to undertake such actions as are necessary for them to comply with the Hunting Act 2004, as passed by the House.

Hunting Act 2004 (11 Jan 2005)

Mr Alun Michael: ...at what the Act says and to take a decision on such an application. The hon. Gentleman raised animal welfare issues. We are concerned about those issues, but it is important for those who support hunting to recognise that legislation is now in place and, even as they continue their challenge in the court—the right place to do so—to engage with animal welfare issues. It is for...

Hunting Act 2004 (11 Jan 2005)

Mr Alun Michael: ...illegal following the date of commencement, and I hope that he and Opposition Members who have, in other circumstances, enjoined people to obey the law will encourage their constituents to obey the Hunting Act. The law is absolutely clear and the hon. Member for North Wiltshire (Mr. Gray) ought to read the Act and counsel his constituents to obey the law. I should be interested to know...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Organophosphates (15 Dec 2004)

Mr Alun Michael: ... Product MAFF No. Approval Holder(s) Agricultural Horticultural Actellic D M10509 Syngenta Crop Protection UK Ltd. X __ Actellic Smoke Generator No.10 M10448 Octavius Hunt Ltd. X __ Actellic Smoke Generator No. 20 M06627 Zeneca Ltd. X __ Actellic Smoke Generator No. 20 M10540 Octavius.Hunt Ltd. X X Agriguard Chlorpyrifos M10626 Tronsan Ltd. X X ...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting (7 Dec 2004)

Mr Alun Michael: ...numbers of people will find themselves out of work as a result of the Act and many will be able to divert into other activities. Lord Burns estimated that around 700 jobs were directly dependent on hunting and that, overall, between 6,000 and 8,000 jobs could be affected by a ban, although evidence given to the Portcullis House hearings suggested that this may be an overstatement. The...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting (30 Nov 2004)

Mr Alun Michael: The Department does not maintain records of the numbers of foxes killed by hunting each year. However, Lord Burns' report estimates that between 21,000 and 25,000 foxes are killed by hunts each year, which accounts for around 6 per cent. of all fox deaths.

Orders of the Day — Hunting Bill (18 Nov 2004)

Mr Alun Michael: ...came before the House last year and it became clear that it could be reintroduced and have the Parliament Act applied to it, I thought that common sense would prevail and that people involved with hunting would say, "Well, if the elected House of Commons in the Parliament of this country is intent on taking that decision, we had better start thinking about it." However, those who oppose a...