Results 1-20 of 78 for hunting speaker:Hugo Swire

Written Answers — Home Department: Fox Hunting (4 Sep 2006)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what powers (a) Scottish police forces operating close to the border have to enforce the fox hunting ban in England and (b) English police forces operating close to the border have to enforce the fox hunting ban in Scotland.

Written Answers — Home Department: Fox Hunting (4 Sep 2006)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance he has given to English constabularies on supporting constabularies in Scotland in enforcing the fox hunting ban.

Written Answers — Home Department: Fox Hunting Ban (Scotland) (17 Jul 2006)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the use of English police constabularies to enforce the fox hunting ban in Scotland.

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day] — BBC (21 Jun 2006)

Hugo Swire: ...the pay levels of presenters only add to the argument that too generous a settlement will damage the broadcasting sector, and could lead to the BBC outspending or outgunning the opposition in a hunt to bag star names.

Written Answers — Culture Media and Sport: Hunting (22 May 2006)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether (a) she, (b) Ministers and (c) an official instructed that hunting be omitted from her Department's sponsored cultural icons survey.

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

Mr Hugo Swire: The problem of trust, it seems to me, is that many people in the countryside simply do not trust the Government commitment to the countryside, hunting being one small part of that. Has the hon. Gentleman, at any stage in his capacity as vice-president of the League Against Cruel Sports, had discussions with anyone in the organisation about what will happen if hunting is banned? Will there be...

Dental Services (East Devon) (11 Feb 2004)

Mr Hugo Swire: ...genuine concerns, we cannot hope that the situation with which we are faced will improve. Also, when will the review of the dental work force—promised in 2001 by the then Minister with responsibility for dentistry, Lord Hunt—be published? The British Dental Association believes that there is a need for a 25 per cent. increase in the annual graduation figures for dental...

Public Bill Committee: Water Bill [Lords]: Clause 21 - Form, contents and effect of licences (18 Sep 2003)

Mr Hugo Swire: Hunting?

Written Answers — Environment Food and Rural Affairs: Hunting with Dogs (16 Jul 2003)

Mr Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with the police over the implementation of a possible ban on hunting with dogs.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Police (14 Jul 2003)

Mr Hugo Swire: ...police forces? Equally, is he not worried that he is squeezing urban crime into rural areas? Does he consider it good politics or good sense to criminalise tens of thousands of people who pursue hunting as a sport when the police are already overstretched?

Hunting Bill: New Clause 1 — Compensation (9 Jul 2003)

Mr Hugo Swire: Does my hon. Friend agree that if any element of this tawdry Bill were concerned with animal welfare, there is no way that deer hunting would be banned until something had been put in place to deal with the culling of deer on Exmoor, as witness the latest reports from Baronsdown?

Hunting Bill: New Clause 1 — Compensation (9 Jul 2003)

Mr Hugo Swire: ...was speaking in his capacity as spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers. Why does the Minister believe that Mr. McWhirter went on to say: "Parliament's vote for an outright ban on hunting with dogs fills many of my fellow officers with dread."? Could it be that many of his officers are thinly spread in rural areas and know the law-abiding people in their local communities,...

Hunting Bill: New Clause 1 — Compensation (9 Jul 2003)

Mr Hugo Swire: ...only one day in Standing Committee, as a result of which none of us can say to what extent the measure will affect those living and working in the countryside and involved in or associated with hunting?

Public Bill Committee: Hunting (Re-committed) Bill: Clause 1 - Hunting wild mammals with dogs (3 Jul 2003)

Mr Hugo Swire: Can the Minister identify three points that came out of the Portcullis house hearings, the Burns report, and the lobbying of the pro-hunting group—or animal welfare group, for that matter—on which he has changed his mind since he presented his Bill? Were any of those considerations taken into account in the new Bill? If not, would not it be better for the Minister to resign, as he...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting (Re-committed) Bill: New clause 8 - Compensation (3 Jul 2003)

Mr Hugo Swire: ...the Minister would concede that. This is now a banning Bill. In the original Government Bill, there was no reference to compensation and the Minister could say that at that time he was not banning hunting but registering it, so there was no need to pay compensation. However, the Government have adopted what is effectively the private Member's Bill of the hon. Member for West Ham and it is...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting (Re-committed) Bill: New clause 8 - Compensation (3 Jul 2003)

Mr Hugo Swire: ...about to deal with livery yards. On Dartmoor, which I know something about, there are many such yards. Many new companies are starting up with riding safaris and a lot of them are tied in with the hunt: they have diversified into other areas. If hunting is banned, many of those stables will not be able to survive by relying purely on riding safaris. It is no good the Minister's...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting (Re-committed) Bill: New clause 8 - Compensation (3 Jul 2003)

Mr Hugo Swire: In the hon. Gentleman's excellent new clause he states: ''The Secretary of State shall pay compensation to those who lose their employment owing to a ban on hunting.'' Will he also consider people other categories who will lose a substantial amount of their income—although perhaps not their employment as such—and others who will incur huge additional expenditure, not least...

Public Bill Committee: Hunting (Re-committed) Bill: Clause 1 - Hunting wild mammals with dogs (3 Jul 2003)

Mr Hugo Swire: What my right hon. Friend says is true. Does he agree that this debate is creating a profound sense of unease in the country—even among those who want to ban hunting and have no time for it—about how a majority is being exercised over the rest of Parliament?

Public Bill Committee: Hunting (Re-committed) Bill: Clause 1 - Hunting wild mammals with dogs (3 Jul 2003)

Mr Hugo Swire: I seek clarification on the point that my right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk, Coastal (Mr. Gummer) quite properly raised. Would not the Minister consider referring to hunting with dogs to cover all those activities? There could be some confusion, as many people now adopt the Americanism of hunting, which takes into account shooting, too. To avoid that, perhaps the Minister should refer...

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

Mr Hugo Swire: ...will my hon. Friend say to the fishermen and shooting people whom the Minister addressed? What hope can he give them that the Minister will not behave towards them as he is behaving towards the hunting fraternity?