Results 1-12 of 12 for hunting speaker:Gareth Thomas

Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Seals: Animal Products (22 Oct 2007)

Gareth Thomas: The European Commission has two studies in progress: one on the humaneness of seal hunting and the other on the issues surrounding a possible EU-wide ban on the import of seal products including its implementation and enforcement. The first study is expected to report by the end of 2007 and the second in early 2008. Once these have been completed, the Commission will consider whether to...

Written Answers — Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Seals: Animal Products (17 Sep 2007)

Gareth Thomas: ...be impossible to enforce under EU single market rules so the Government are instead pressing hard for EU-wide action. The European Commission is currently conducting a study of the Canadian seal hunt in order to assess the need for EU-wide measures.

[Sir Nicholas Winterton in the Chair] — HIV/AIDS (11 May 2006)

Gareth Thomas: ...announcement by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on world AIDS day of a further £20 million to help to accelerate progress towards vaccines, which the hon. Member for South-West Surrey (Mr. Hunt) mentioned. What was also important about world AIDS day was the review of the state of the AIDS epidemic. Many of the contributions in this debate rightly focused on the severity of...

HIV/AIDS Overseas (5 Apr 2005)

Mr Gareth Thomas: ...begun to build up around HIV prevention. The hon. Lady rightly paid tribute to the international AIDS vaccine initiative and the leadership of Dr. Seth Berkley, whom the Secretary of State and I have met several times to discuss the hunt for a vaccine and how we can step up efforts internationally. At the Sea Island G8 summit in 2004, the Americans rightly prioritised the need to step up...

Western Balkans (11 Nov 2004)

Mr Gareth Thomas: ...as against the role of EUFOR, the European Union force. After the transition, NATO will still have a role in the western Balkans. Rather than continuing to secure the region, it will focus on the hunt for war criminals and help to modernise and reform the local armed forces, for example by promoting ethnic integration. It will also play an as yet to be defined role in counter-terrorism....

Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies Bill: Clause 9 — Short Title and Extent (4 Apr 2003)

Mr Gareth Thomas: ...a Bill to amend the Industrial and Provident Societies Act. I was disappointed somewhat by the blank look on the faces before me. Having had representations from those party members to ban fox hunting or to amend various other legislation, there was some disappointment that I was seeking to do something to legislation that they had not even heard of. That gives some indication of the...

Industrial and Provident Societies Bill: Title (19 Apr 2002)

Mr Gareth Thomas: ...been extremely kind, generous and supportive and without his advice the Bill would not have reached this stage. Finally, I pay tribute to my friend the general secretary of the Co-op party, Peter Hunt, who has been an extremely loyal supporter during the Bill's passage. However, in saying those words, just in case lightning should strike twice when the private Member's Bill ballot is drawn...

Public Participation (29 Nov 2001)

Mr Gareth Thomas: ...frustrated with the health service or with crime in one's neighbourhood, to use the two examples that he gave from the letter that he received. Someone wrote to me about animal experimentation and hunting and made the same point about compulsory voting. However, do citizens not have a responsibility to cast their judgment on those who seek to lead them and to make decisions here in Parliament?

Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill (26 Oct 2001)

Mr Gareth Thomas: ...have collected data on the marine environment may take on greater importance because of a lack of information on others. The hon. Member for Uxbridge will also understand that experience of the hunt for onshore wind farm sites shows that the designation of SSSIs and the justified anxiety to protect wildlife in those areas have been used as an excuse—sometimes a genuine...

Countryside and Rights of Way Bill (20 Mar 2000)

Mr Gareth Thomas: ...Opposition Members fear and hype up to such an extent. I was talking about the Country Landowners Association's rather desperate efforts to promote voluntary access. The inclusion of land for fox hunting and strawberry-gathering in its register did not help its case at all; but perhaps most telling is the fact that traditional supporters of the voluntary approach, the Peak national park...

Orders of the Day — Fur Farming (Prohibition) Bill (5 Mar 1999)

Mr Gareth Thomas: ...is cruel and vicious at many levels. As we have heard many times already in this debate, mink are essentially wild animals. They defend semi-aquatic territories of up to 22 acres in the wild. They hunt, swim, explore and patrol their territories using aggression and scent marking. According to recent research, they sometimes make journeys of up to 4.3 km, yet on fur farms a typical cage is...

Adjournment (Christmas) (16 Dec 1998)

Mr Gareth Thomas: ...lying on a tomb in St. Mary's churchyard. The Kings Head complex, which is currently in desperate need of restoration to its former incarnation as a hotel, dates back to 1535 and was used as a hunting lodge by Henry VIII. Seven Prime Ministers have attended the famous Harrow school at the top of the hill, as did the great pacifist, G. M. Trevelyan, who became a Labour Member of Parliament...