Schedule 3 - Hunting with Dogs: Prohibition

Part of Hunting Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 6:45 pm on 23 January 2001.

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Photo of Jane Kennedy Jane Kennedy Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department 6:45, 23 January 2001

I am aware that several members of the Committee feel strongly that the pursuit of hunting should be allowed to continue, and that there is almost no answer that I can give the hon. and learned Gentleman that will satisfy him. I simply repeat that penalties should be proportionate to achieving the objectives of the law concerned, and that the penalty in the schedule has been judged to be thus proportionate.