Results 1-20 of 20 for hunting speaker:David Cameron

Health and Education (24 May 2005)

David Cameron: ...exist. The issue is people's futures. These are our children, not some guinea pigs to be subjected to endless experiments in public policy. My hon. Friend the Member for South-West Surrey (Mr. Hunt) made a remarkable maiden speech on that point. In many ways, we have had a friendly debate, but perhaps the most friendly moment was when he said that he was not as fragrant and beautiful as...

Hunting Bill: Clause 1 — Hunting wild mammals with dogs (16 Nov 2004)

Mr David Cameron: ...the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Sir Gerald Kaufman) said. He said that what we can call the Ogmore amendment is not a compromise, but it is a compromise between those who want to ban hunting completely and those who, like me, want to defend it. The compromise option is far more similar to banning hunting than defending it. A lot has been said about the House of...

Orders of the Day — Hunting Bill (15 Sep 2004)

Mr David Cameron: If on this occasion the House of Lords turns the Bill back into a measure for regulated hunting, pretty much along the lines originally suggested by the Minister, will he support it?

Orders of the Day — Hunting Bill (15 Sep 2004)

Mr David Cameron: ...has free will. He can make up his own mind. I am asking a question for him to answer, as a Minister and as a Member of Parliament, on a free vote. If the Bill came back as a measure for regulated hunting, would he support it?

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Fallen Stock (20 May 2004)

Mr David Cameron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the contribution made by hunt kennels to the disposal of farm animal carcases.

Local Government Finance (17 May 2004)

Mr David Cameron: As well as being a lecturer on the subject, the hon. Gentleman is a detective. The hunting of the snark is over; he has found out what happened to the £100. However, I warn him not to spend too much time looking at Liberal Democrat websites. All sorts of things could follow from that. Let me deal with some of the arguments that the Liberal Democrats are not considering in enough detail....

Horse Exports (31 Mar 2004)

Mr David Cameron: ...this country. Otherwise, he will not be the Minister for the horse, but the Minister for something else—I fear that he will be the Minister for eating horses. The Minister failed the test on hunting. He promised things to the countryside that he simply did not deliver, such as listening. He then suddenly said that an all-out ban was a jolly good thing, even though that was not what...

Sexual Offences Bill [Lords] (15 Jul 2003)

Mr David Cameron: ...The police have told me that they need changes in the law to keep up to date. Everyone in the House is clear that paedophiles, rapists, those dealing in child pornography and traffickers need to be hunted down and punished, and this Bill helps us to do that, which is why, I am sure, it has all-party support. As a member of the Home Affairs Committee, I also welcome the way in which the...

Points of Order (1 Jul 2003)

Mr David Cameron: ... the Member for South Staffordshire (Sir Patrick Cormack), Mr. Speaker. Given that the Bill is so different now—it is almost an entirely new Bill, proposing a total ban rather than regulated hunting—and given that it is to be discussed in less than a week by the Standing Committee and for only two hours, as I understand the programme motion, on the Floor of the House, one hour...

Hunting Bill: New Clause 13 — Registered Hunting: Absolute Bans: Deer, Hares, Foxes and Terrierwork (30 Jun 2003)

Mr David Cameron: I rise to speak against new clause 13. I put my cards on the table. I ride; I have been hunting; and I shoot. On occasions I have been asked to shoot foxes and I know what a hit and miss affair it can be—not in my case, but I know that it can be. I was not a member of the Committee, but I believe that I do know something about which I am going to speak. Mr. Speaker, you asked us to be...

Hunting Bill: New Clause 13 — Registered Hunting: Absolute Bans: Deer, Hares, Foxes and Terrierwork (30 Jun 2003)

Mr David Cameron: My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The Minister should come to the Heythrop hunt kennels in Chipping Norton to explain to those people why they will lose their jobs and homes. It is all for prejudice and misunderstanding. New clause 13 will make a bad Bill much worse. I say that because the Minister used to talk about his golden thread of cruelty and utility. That golden thread has...

Hunting Bill: New Clause 13 — Registered Hunting: Absolute Bans: Deer, Hares, Foxes and Terrierwork (30 Jun 2003)

Mr David Cameron: The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, and I pay tribute to the middle way group for trying to introduce some science and thought into the process. The fact is that if we ban hunting, the number of foxes killed will not go down but will rise. The amount of suffering and cruelty will go up. I go back to Burns, who said that we have to consider the welfare effects of the alternatives. None of...

Hunting Bill: New Clause 13 — Registered Hunting: Absolute Bans: Deer, Hares, Foxes and Terrierwork (30 Jun 2003)

Mr David Cameron: ...Farmers Union is very clear about that. It wrote to every hon. Member, and I quote from its letter: "We believe that the greater reliance on shooting that would follow a de facto ban on most hunting would increase animal suffering and have adverse effects on public safety in the countryside." That is an absolutely clear statement from people who know what they are talking about. Hunting is...

Hunting Bill: New Clause 13 — Registered Hunting: Absolute Bans: Deer, Hares, Foxes and Terrierwork (30 Jun 2003)

Mr David Cameron: Did my hon. Friend notice the Minister shaking his head when he suggested that more foxes would be killed. Does he recall that in the other place Lord Burns said: "If hunting were subject to a ban I have little doubt that at least an equivalent number of foxes, deer and hare would be killed by other means"?—[ Official Report, House of Lords, 12 March 2001; Vol. 623, c. 532.] Does my...

Business of the House (26 Jun 2003)

Mr David Cameron: I have a number of people in my constituency who work for hunts and are worried about losing their jobs and livelihoods, and they would like to understand the full implications of what the Leader of the House said today. Will he confirm that if there is not a Report stage on the Hunting Bill after its recommital before the summer recess, and if the House of Lords does not have enough time to...

Horse Passports (5 Feb 2003)

Mr David Cameron: ...cost could be as much as £100. Think of the small riding school or livery stable. They suffered from foot and mouth disease, because they could not go off the roads. They are desperately worried about the Hunting Bill, and now they have this. Mrs. Hayes has a riding stables near Lincoln. She has 16 horses. She believes that the system could cost her £1,600. That is a lot of money...

Public Bill Committee: Criminal Justice Bill: Clause 126 - Purposes of sentencing (30 Jan 2003)

Mr David Cameron: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. Sometimes, finding out what is Liberal Democrat policy can be rather like hunting the snark. However, in this instance we have had a treat. Does not the hon. Gentleman understand that people see burglary as crime against the person, not just against the property, especially if the victim is in the house when it is burgled? It is deeply...

Points of Order (21 Mar 2002)

Mr David Cameron: ...it could withdraw its White Paper entitled "Working for the Essentials of Life", as it says that its key objective is to tackle social exclusion. As someone who represents a constituency with five hunts and many people employed in hunting, I cannot understand how throwing them out of work will aid social exclusion.

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting (13 Nov 2001)

Mr David Cameron: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she plans to publish the veterinary risk assessment into restarting hunting; and if she will make a statement.

Programming of Bills (28 Jun 2001)

Mr David Cameron: ...in the years ahead. Chipping Norton, long famous for William Bliss's tweed mill, which remains a striking landmark, is a classic Cotswold market town. It is also home to the kennels of the Heythrop hunt. There is a long tradition of hunting in west Oxfordshire, originally based in the royal forest of Wychwood, where Ethelred II established the first royal hunting lodge more than nine...