Results 1-20 of 66 for hunting speaker:Gordon Prentice

Written Answers — Home Department: Hunting Act (22 Nov 2005)

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers on the enforcement of the Hunting Act 2004; and if he will make a statement.

Committees — Administration Committee (13 Jul 2005)

Gordon Prentice: ...like that? The scales fell from my eyes when my good Friend the then Member for Burnley, Peter Pike, who has now left this place, told me that he had frantic calls to chair the Committee considering the Hunting Bill. He was told that if he did not chair it, the Bill would fall because there was no one else available from the Chairmen's Panel to chair that sitting. He realised that if he...

Written Answers — Home Department: Hunting Act (Policing Costs) (20 Jun 2005)

Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the cost to date of policing the Hunting Act 2004.

Hunting Act 2004 (11 Jan 2005)

Mr Gordon Prentice: Am I the only Labour Member to be fed up with the constant sniping by my right hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Gorton (Sir Gerald Kaufman) at the Front Bench? I take the view that the Hunting Act that was passed is good law and we should leave it to the courts to decide how it should be implemented.

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

Mr Gordon Prentice: There is no reason for any hound to be put down. The hunts can continue as drag hunts.

Business of the House (11 Nov 2004)

Mr Gordon Prentice: If we vote down the Lords amendments to the Hunting Bill on Tuesday, what exactly will be the procedure for invoking the Parliament Act?

Business of the House (9 Sep 2004)

Mr Gordon Prentice: My right hon. Friend mentioned the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which is against deferring the implementation of the Hunting Bill, as are all other animal welfare organisations. We will have a free vote on the Hunting Bill, but will we have a free vote on the accompanying motion that deals with the commencement of the Act? Many people believe, as I do, that we...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Hunting (7 Jun 2004)

Mr Gordon Prentice: To ask the Prime Minister on how many occasions since 26 November 2003 he has met organisations concerned with the issue of hunting with dogs.

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Hunting Bill (27 May 2004)

Mr Gordon Prentice: To ask the Prime Minister what representations he has received about reintroducing the Hunting Bill in this Session; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting With Dogs (20 May 2004)

Mr Gordon Prentice: Would it shock and surprise my right hon. Friend if I were to tell him that I no longer believe that this Government will ban hunting with dogs? May I remind him—this is why he is being pressed by Labour colleagues—that the Parliament Acts can be used only if a Bill is brought back in this Session? If a Bill is not brought back in this Session, we will not ban hunting with dogs....

Business of the House (18 Mar 2004)

Mr Gordon Prentice: We welcome my right hon. Friend's promise to bring back the Hunting Bill in this Session. Can he give a date, so that the Parliament Act may be used if necessary?

Written Answers — Church Commissioners: Hunting With Dogs (22 Jul 2002)

Mr Gordon Prentice: To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, if the Church of England has contributed to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs consultation on hunting with dogs.

Business of the House (18 Jul 2002)

Mr Gordon Prentice: The Minister for Rural Affairs will conduct public inquiries in September in connection with the latest leg of the saga on hunting with dogs. He has given the same amount of time to those who argue for a ban as he has to those who wish to retain the status quo. Inexplicably, he has given the same amount of time to those who argue for the middle way, which has no discernible support in the...

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting (18 Jul 2002)

Mr Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she plans to hold public hearings as part of the consultation on hunting with dogs.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting (20 Jun 2002)

Mr Gordon Prentice: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent steps she has taken to solicit views on the Government's proposals on hunting with dogs; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting (24 May 2002)

Mr Gordon Prentice: ..., Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) submissions the Minister for Rural Affairs has received and (b) meetings he has attended with outside organisations concerning the current consultation on hunting with dogs.

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting With Dogs (18 Apr 2002)

Mr Gordon Prentice: If she intends to publish a consultation paper setting out her proposals to amend the law on hunting with dogs.

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

Mr Gordon Prentice: How many accidents involving hunting with dogs on Church lands have been notified to them since 1995.

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

Mr Gordon Prentice: ...the tenants of Church land to report accidents to the Church Commissioners and if not, why not? Is not it about time that the Church of England showed some moral leadership on the issue and banned hunting with dogs on its land? Finally—

Hunting With Dogs (18 Mar 2002)

Mr Gordon Prentice: ...report, paragraph 60 of which states: "Our tentative conclusion is that lamping using rifles, if carried out properly and in appropriate circumstances, has fewer adverse welfare implications than hunting, including digging-out."