Results 1-15 of 15 for hunting speaker:Lord Pearson of Rannoch

European Union (Amendment) Bill (12 May 2008)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: I support these amendments generally, of course. I would like to underline a point made by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, in introducing the amendments, which is the absurdity of the European Union's aim to make the single market one of the most dynamic economies in the world. I have to ask the Minister whether she still believes that that is the vaguest of possibilities when we consider the...

European Union (Amendment) Bill (29 Apr 2008)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: ...will not get too much more of that in these debates. On the amendment itself, it is of course good that the European Parliament will now have more control over the budget, as the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Wirral, explained. Well, it would be good if the European Parliament were actually going to use its new powers. The basic point here is that no European institution—not the...

European Union (Amendment) Bill (22 Apr 2008)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: ...name to the amendment maintain our position that the thing is useless and should be taken out of the treaties. We were not impressed—and neither, I was glad to see, was the noble Lord, Lord, Hunt—by the system of yellow and orange cards. We agree with the German constitutional court that all those footballing metaphors are ineffective and impractical. I will ask and answer my...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Imports: Non-EU Countries (28 Nov 2006)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: ...Answer by Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 11 March 2004 (WA 193), for each of the financial years 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06, what proportion by value of goods, excluding agriculture, fishing, hunting and aquaculture produce, imported into the United Kingdom from countries that were not members of the European Union effectively bore no import or customs duties in respect of goods for which...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Imports: Non-EU Countries (22 Nov 2006)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: ...8212;05 and 2005—06, how much the United Kingdom collected (gross, before deduction of the 25 per cent handling charge) in import or customs duties on goods, excluding agricultural, fishing, hunting, forestry and aquaculture produce, which were imported into the United Kingdom from countries which were not members of the European Union.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Imports: Non-EU Countries (22 Nov 2006)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: ..., 2004—05 and 2005—06, how much the United Kingdom collected (gross, before deduction of the 25 per cent handling charge) in import or customs duties on goods on agricultural, fishing, hunting, forestry and aquaculture produce, which were imported into the United Kingdom from countries which were not members of the European Union.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Imports: Non-EU Countries (22 Nov 2006)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: ...Written Answer by Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 11 March 2004 (WA 193), for each of the financial years 2003—04, 2004—05 and 2005—06, what was the value of agriculture, fishing, hunting and aquaculture produce imported into the United Kingdom from countries which were not members of the European Union; and For each of the financial years 2003—04, 2004—05 and...

Botswana (13 Mar 2006)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: ...even worse. Only some 30 Bushmen remain in the reserve after continuous evictions and 22 have been arrested for attempting to take food in for their relatives. Armed guards have prevented them hunting and gathering and have confiscated their livestock. One woman has recently starved to death and one man has died after he and seven others were tortured last June in the Kaudwane resettlement...

Hunting Bill (27 Oct 2004)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: ...experience what has been said by my noble friends Lord King, Lord Willoughby de Broke and Lord Mancroft in introducing the amendment. I have not troubled your Lordships with my views on the Hunting Bill since it was first introduced to this Chamber, when I am afraid I irritated all sides of the field sports debate—my noble friend Lord Onslow asks, "What's new?"—by revealing...

Hunting Bill (21 Oct 2003)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: ...of the Government. It struck me that the noble Lord, Lord Graham of Edmonton, gave a reasonably classic example of the saucepan calling the kettle smutty. We had wonderful images of high-handed huntsmen, huntspersons or huntspeople, or whatever one is supposed to call them nowadays, riding on their shining steeds with top hats and shiny boots "bullying lesser people"—I believe those...

Mental Health (18 Dec 2002)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: ...' House on 12th June this year in the name of my noble friend Lord Renton. I would like to record my sincere thanks and those of the St Ebba's families, to the Minister, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, and to his colleague, Miss Jacqui Smith, for their tenacity in trying to see that the families' wishes are met in this case. But it is not easy when the local authority, Surrey...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Hunting with Dogs (29 Apr 2002)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: asked Her Majesty's Government: What their policy is on compensation for those affected in the event of a ban on hunting, especially in the light of the forthcoming European Court of Human Rights challenge in Scotland.

Hunting with Dogs: Ban (19 Mar 2002)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: My Lords, there are several common themes running through the debate, one of which is the argument of those noble Lords who would ban hunting with hounds. It has been echoed by many speakers and goes along the lines: "We think hunting is cruel and so it must be banned. There must be a more humane way". To this, many noble Lords who favour the continuation of hunting in one form or another...

Kalahari Bushmen (30 Jan 2002)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: ...they have an ancient right to live. Can the noble Lord also ask Mr David Merry, the High Commissioner, to examine the allegations, now widespread, of torture of Bushmen and of their being prevented hunting on their land using ancient methods?

Hunting Bill (12 Mar 2001)

Lord Pearson of Rannoch: ..., I feel that there are two brief points which should be made in a way in which they have not quite been made already. They concern the balance of pain which may be endured by foxes when they are hunted, on the one hand, or when they are shot, on the other. My first point is that people who have done little or no shooting--they include most of the people who support a ban on...