People matching ‘hunting’
- Huntingfield (formerly Eye, 6 Dec 1923 – 10 May 1929) – View recent appearances
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Results 1-5 of 5 for hunting speaker:Mr Brian White
- Debate on the Address: [First Day] (23 Nov 2004)
Mr Brian White: ...extremists have support and do the things that they do only because we have not tackled as effectively as we should the problems of animal welfare and the issues on which they campaign. Now that hunting is not the focus of the House's attention, we should spend some time on the important animal welfare Bill. We need to close some of the key loopholes. I particularly welcome the new...
- Debate on the Address — [First Day] (26 Nov 2003)
Mr Brian White: ...denigrate the hard work and commitment of those people; they will remember that. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Mr. Miller), I regret the omission of proposals for a hunting Bill and I hope that the Government will bring such a Bill back under the Parliament Acts. Finally, I want to raise two key issues. The first, which my hon. Friend the Member for...
- Debate on the Address — [First Day] (13 Nov 2002)
Mr Brian White: ...to our core supporters we do grudgingly, and the things that are necessary but appeal more to our opponents we do with apparent glee. Obstacles are put in the way when we tackle issues such as fox hunting and House of Lords reform, whereas the process of dealing with more controversial matters, such as the withdrawal of jury trial, appears to be accelerated. That alienates the people whose...
- Debate on the Address — [First Day] (20 Jun 2001)
Mr Brian White: .... Some key groups that were highly vocal in the previous Parliament should be given no credence in this one. The Countryside Alliance has been shown to be a busted flush. We ought to get a Bill on hunting out of the way, and not let it become the big issue that it became in the previous Parliament. Lady Young's homophobic attacks, too, have been shown to have no support in the country. For...
- Debate on the Address (6 Dec 2000)
Mr Brian White: ..., I agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Clydebank and Milngavie (Mr. Worthington): if it means dealing with the recommendations of the Scott inquiry, I am all for it. I also welcome the hunting Bill. It is a case not of whether hunting is right or wrong but of whether we fulfil the trust that the British people have placed in us to abolish it. It is crucial that we deliver on the...