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Small Businesses (2 Jul 2003)

Mr Tim Yeo: ...have chosen to remedy that omission by giving up half our time today for such a debate. The Government's reluctance to discuss small business is in marked contrast to their enthusiasm for debating hunting. As there has not been a whisper of protest about that extraordinarily distorted set of priorities from the Secretary of State, people involved in small business must conclude that she...

The Countryside (12 Jul 2001)

Mr Tim Yeo: ...enterprises in rural areas should be funded by central Government. Equestrian businesses, too, should be exempted from business rates. The Labour party continues its obsession with its wish to ban hunting, but one in 12 of our riding schools closed down in 1999. It is not only services that are in decline. Rural areas also suffer discrimination over funding. Shire counties lost an...

Rural Communities and Transport (26 Jun 2001)

Mr Tim Yeo: No; it is too late. The fact that the only reference in the Queen's Speech to rural issues is the promise to give time for yet another vote on banning hunting is a frightening indication of the Government's priorities for their second term. Now that the electorate have given Ministers a second chance, I urge them to use it to rebuild the rural economy, to support farming in the wake of the...

Opposition Day: Foot and Mouth Disease (21 Mar 2001)

Mr Tim Yeo: ...concerned about the shortage of vets and about overstretch among those who work in the state veterinary service. Where slaughter is delayed, is full use being made of the slaughtermen attached to hunts? That issue has already been raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Bosworth (Mr. Tredinnick). I understand that the Countryside Alliance is ready to make additional slaughtermen...

Opposition Day: Crisis in Agriculture (1 Feb 2001)

Mr Tim Yeo: ...starts to deteriorate. While this human, social and economic tragedy is devastating rural communities throughout Britain, the only countryside issue that Labour wants to talk about in Parliament is hunting. Labour's attack on hunting is a bone thrown by a cynical Prime Minister to the class warriors on his Back Benches to keep them occupied until the election. It is a disgraceful attempt...

Orders of the Day — Finance Bill (15 Jan 1996)

Mr Tim Yeo: ...fair rates of taxation, and so on. I agreed with the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne on one point: his approval of the speech made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Wirral, West (Mr. Hunt), who gave an excellent, clear and timely reminder of the true nature of one-nation Conservatism. He spoke eloquently, warmly and in a well-informed way about the origins of one-nation...