Results 1-12 of 12 for hunting speaker:Mr David Rendel

University Admissions Policy (25 Oct 2004)

Mr David Rendel: ...been made. Those policies are important because they contribute to the wider distribution of educational opportunity, with long-term benefit in access to higher education. The Conservatives are hunting a pussycat that they have chosen to believe is a tiger, while their credibility on the main issues diminishes by the day. It is sensible to say that the state should not try to make academic...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Rifles (18 Oct 2004)

Mr David Rendel: Given that the use of rifles in the open countryside for shooting foxes is likely to increase after the ban on hunting is introduced, what further steps does the Minister intend to take to ensure that those involved in lamping are properly trained and competent to use rifles in those conditions properly, safely and effectively?

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

Mr David Rendel: ...that diseased stock is handled carefully and properly, and that any disease carried by fallen stock does not spread. It can be applied equally well to fallen stock on farms where there happen to be hunts at present, and to fallen stock on farms where there are no hunts. If there is to be a scheme, it should surely involve all fallen stock rather than, as new clause I clearly states, fallen...

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

Mr David Rendel: I am slightly confused by the hon. Gentleman's argument. I thought that his side was arguing that more than one day should be spent on the Hunting Bill.

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Schedule 3 - Hunting with Dogs: Prohibition (15 Feb 2001)

Mr David Rendel: ...lots of them to be successfully shot; in that sense, the ultimate purpose of stalking and flushing out is undoubtedly sporting. Sub-paragraph (3)(c), which is clearly intended to enable the hunting of mammals with birds of prey, presumably relates mainly to the sport of falconry. It is therefore clear that there are sporting intentions, but I did not say that sport is the only purpose to...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Schedule 3 - Hunting with Dogs: Prohibition (13 Feb 2001)

Mr David Rendel: ...That was the correct decision, although the hon. Member for Gainsborough may not agree. I believe that it is perfectly fair to decide that property rights should not be further diminished to allow hunting or stalking on land in the way suggested in the amendment. The hon. Member for Gainsborough was correct to say that amendment No. 70 should go, and he then asked whether I would be...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Schedule 3 - Hunting with dogs: prohibition (8 Feb 2001)

Mr David Rendel: .... I suspect that Labour believes, quite rightly, that it will make an extremely good issue during the general election and that it will gain many votes if there is still uncertainty about whether hunting will be banned or not. That is why the Government are hoping to keep the matter open until after the election.

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Schedule 3 - Hunting with dogs: prohibition (8 Feb 2001)

Mr David Rendel: ...goats in the paragraph rather than goats and/or other mammals. However, in the light of the debate I have reversed that opinion. The letter from the Parliamentary Secretary makes it clear that hunting does not necessarily include killing. I accept that. Sometimes a hunt may be unable to track down the animal that it is hunting. However, the actions of the goatherd must necessarily include...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Schedule 3 - Hunting with Dogs: Prohibition (1 Feb 2001)

Mr David Rendel: The right hon. Gentleman is concerned that many people in the countryside believe that those who are against hunting are in some way ignorant of what happens in the countryside and of how they might be affected by the Bill. I accept that point entirely. Is not the main reason why so many who are in favour of hunting have such an impression of those of us who are against it simply that those...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Schedule 3 - Hunting with dogs: prohibition (1 Feb 2001)

Mr David Rendel: ...underground and the welfare implications for animals in general, whether that be of the dog or of the animal that it is chasing, are nothing to do with the reasons why people voted for a ban on hunting. I thought that, in the Committee of the whole House, we were arguing about the totality of the Bill's animal welfare implications. Part of that totality concerns both the animal doing the...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Schedule 3 - Hunting With Dogs: Prohibition (30 Jan 2001)

Mr David Rendel: ...intervene so late in the day, but a further point has come to my mind. There is one aspect to which the provision has special relevance. It is my experience that many tenant farmers strongly oppose hunting because of the damage that sometimes occurs on their farms, but they allow it because they feel under pressure from landowners, who often lead those who are in favour of hunting. That is...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting Bill: Schedule 3 - Hunting with Dogs: Prohibition (25 Jan 2001)

Mr David Rendel: I assure the hon. Gentleman that no one has so far offered me £1 million to support the ban on hunting. I do support such a ban, but if he cares to offer me £1 million to change my mind, one never knows.