Results 1-9 of 9 for hunting speaker:Bob Spink

Petitions: Care Services (Essex) (20 Apr 2009) has video

Bob Spink: ...variety of projects the council would have the money to keep wardens in residential homes, and I congratulate everyone who signed this excellent petition. The petition states: The Petition of Mavis Hunt, and others, Declares that permanent live in wardens in sheltered housing, for instance at Sweetbriar Lodge, should be retained, and notes the wonderful care and confidence these wardens...

Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day — Second Part]: Olympic Legacy (29 Oct 2008) has video

Bob Spink: The Secretary of State paid tribute to the hon. Member for South-West Surrey (Mr. Hunt) for calling this debate, but does he nevertheless feel that this is a missed opportunity? We are playing politics with this important subject rather than working together to build a positive legacy for people. An example of what I mean is the proposal to build a bike track at Hadleigh in my constituency....

Orders of the Day — Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill (7 Dec 2004)

Dr Bob Spink: ...consequences. I accept that the Government are introducing it with good intentions, but it will deliver unintended consequences. It will reduce tolerance, and that is a major problem. Just as the Hunting Act 2004 will damage the overall welfare of our fox population, and the Gambling Bill will create super-casinos that will increase the damage done to individuals, families and society by...

Visitor Facilities (11 May 2004)

Dr Bob Spink: ...we still admire today. As I walk through Westminster Hall after this debate, I shall look up at that roof and enjoy the experience very much. It was built of great oaks taken from the then King's hunting ground in Thundersley wood in my constituency. Indeed, it created a clearing in those very woods in which my house was built. Seriously, however, the current gentle and sympathetic...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting with Hounds (19 Dec 2002)

Dr Bob Spink: ...shows that the countryside is in enormous economic and social difficulty. Will the Minister not show a little Christmas good will to people living in the countryside by stopping the nonsense of the hunting legislation and concentrating on what we should be doing—tackling the #25 billion pensions tax and the problem of street crime?

Hunting With Dogs (18 Mar 2002)

Dr Bob Spink: ...my hon. Friend back to the point that she was making about the welfare of the fox? Is she aware that four senior executives of the League Against Cruel Sports have withdrawn their call for a ban on hunting precisely because it has been shown that such a ban would have adverse consequences for the welfare of the fox?

Orders of the Day — Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Bill (24 Jan 1997)

Dr Bob Spink: ...my hon. Friend the Minister and the Home Office for their kind help. We have had a constructive debate, in the best traditions of the House. My right hon. Friend the Member for Wirral, West (Mr. Hunt) made a powerful speech, and brought to the debate the experience of his local police. He spoke most eloquently, and I am deeply indebted to him for his encouragement to me to take up the...

Orders of the Day — Confiscation of Alcohol (Young Persons) Bill (24 Jan 1997)

Dr Bob Spink: ...be present for the debate and to support me. My hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool, South (Mr. Hawkins) mentioned that. I thank in particular my right hon. Friend the Member for Wirral, West (Mr. Hunt) for his support for the Bill. He has made me aware of evidence from Merseyside police, who have found a clear link between under-age drinking and youth disorder, both of which they say are...

Orders of the Day — Wild Mammals (Protection) Bill (3 Mar 1995)

Dr Bob Spink: While the hon. Gentleman is quoting to the House, is he aware of this one: Whilst it undoubtedly accounts for a number of foxes,"— we, the Ministry, do not consider fox hunting to be a major controlling factor in the fox population. That quote comes from a letter sent by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 17 February 1994.