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Written Answers — Wales: Jobs (16 Apr 2002)

Mr Paul Murphy: ...and gains. Labour Force Survey information about changes in overall employment in Wales, by industry over the past five years, is given in the table as follows. All industries Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing Mining and quarrying, electricity, gas and water supply Manufacturing Construction Service industries Other industries Change on previous year ...

Oral Answers to Questions — Hunting (28 Jun 2000)

Mr Paul Murphy: I meet the First Secretary on a weekly basis and we discuss a wide range of issues including the proposed Bill on hunting and its implications for Wales.

Oral Answers to Questions — Hunting (28 Jun 2000)

Mr Paul Murphy: I agree with my right hon. Friend. I think that the principle of whether we ban fox hunting with hounds should be a matter for this House of Commons alone. However, I accept that there may be implications in the detail of that legislation, with regard to pest control, for example, which may well be dealt with by the National Assembly. Those issues would have to be taken into account during...

Oral Answers to Questions — Hunting (28 Jun 2000)

Mr Paul Murphy: The hon. Gentleman knows that he and I disagree on the issue of fox hunting, but he also knows that one of the purposes of the Bill to be introduced is for hon. Members to have the opportunity to debate the different options available.

Oral Answers to Questions — Hunting (28 Jun 2000)

Mr Paul Murphy: I have received no representations about hunting with dogs in Wales. Together with my Whitehall colleagues, I am taking a keen interest in developments on these issues and I of course am sensitive to the reactions of the Welsh rural community to this matter.

Oral Answers to Questions — Hunting (28 Jun 2000)

Mr Paul Murphy: ..., in Wales particularly, the farmers themselves flush out foxes with dogs, and he is also fully aware that other methods that are used in Wales could control pests, including foxes. It is not just hunting with hounds that can control foxes. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman also knows that the great bulk of Members of Parliament in Wales—and, for that matter, as far as we know,...

Local Government Finance (Wales) (15 Feb 1994)

Mr Paul Murphy: ...that the Welsh model existed until about a year ago. Successive Secretaries of State for Wales—the former right hon. Member for Worcester (Mr. Walker) and the right hon. Member for Wirral, West (Mr. Hunt)—said that they would not publish the criteria for capping. Since the right hon. Member for Wokingham has been Secretary of State for Wales, we have had slavishly to follow the...