S.C.F.
Amendment Paper as at
Thursday 23rd January 2003
STANDING COMMITTEE F
HUNTING BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [7th January 2003].
Hywel Williams
192
Clause 9, page 3, line 32, at beginning insert 'As regards England'.
Mr James Gray
303
Clause 9, page 3, line 32, leave out 'a person' and insert 'an individual'.
Mr James Gray
304
Clause 9, page 3, line 32, after 'registrar")', insert 'who is appropriately qualified in terms of subsection (1A) below'.
Hywel Williams
193
Clause 9, page 3, line 33, after 'register', insert ' in England'.
Hywel Williams
194
Clause 9, page 3, line 33, at end insert—
'( ) As regards Wales, the National Assembly for Wales shall appoint a person ("the registrar") to maintain a register in Wales for the purposes of this Act.'.
Mr James Gray
305
Clause 9, page 3, line 33, at end insert—
'(1A) "Appropriately qualified" means that the individual—
| (a) | has a good knowledge of hunting with dogs in the United Kingdom or Ireland, and |
| (b) | is entirely impartial as to hunting, and "impartial" means that he has had no association with hunting or any organization which directly or indirectly supports, opposes, or has supported or opposed, hunting, and |
| (c) | he neither has nor has had any membership or affiliations at any time with a party represented in the House of Commons.'. |
Mr James Gray
306
Clause 9, page 3, line 35, at end insert 'as set out in Schedule 2 hereto'.
Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Rob Marris
Peter Bradley
137
Clause 9, page 3, line 38, leave out 'Hunting' and insert 'Pest Control with Dogs'.
Mr James Gray
272
Clause 9, page 3, line 41, after 'to', insert 'lawful evidence and not opinion unless an appropriate expert scientific opinion, and to'.
Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Rob Marris
Peter Bradley
138
Clause 9, page 3, line 42, leave out 'Hunting' and insert 'Pest Control with Dogs'.
Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Rob Marris
Peter Bradley
139
Clause 10, page 4, line 6, leave out 'Hunting' and insert 'Pest Control with Dogs'.
Hywel Williams
195
Clause 10, page 4, line 7, leave out from 'be' to end and insert 'separate Hunting Tribunals serving England and Wales'.
Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Rob Marris
Peter Bradley
140
Clause 10, page 4, line 7, leave out 'Hunting' and insert 'Pest Control with Dogs'.
Mr James Gray
307
Clause 10, page 4, line 7, at end insert 'to which appeals may be made from decisions of the Registrar'.
Mr James Gray
313
Clause 10, page 4, line 7, at end insert—
'(1A) (a) Appeals shall be by way of re-hearing.
| (b) | Appeals may only be made by those seeking registration.'. |
Mr James Gray
308
Clause 10, page 4, line 9, after '(3)', insert 'Subject to subsection (1A) above'.
Mr James Gray
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr John Gummer
Mr Nicholas Soames
Mr Hugo Swire
211
Schedule 2, page 23, line 41, at end insert—
'( ) he is free from bias on the issue of hunting with dogs.'.
Mr Alun Michael
317
Schedule 2, page 24, line 28, leave out sub-paragraph (2) and insert—
'(2) The Lord Chancellor may appoint a person to the panel of members only if the Lord Chancellor thinks that the person has appropriate experience relating to—
| (a) | the welfare of animals, or |
| (b) | the management of land.'. |
Dr Alan Whitehead
Judy Mallaber
188
Schedule 2, page 24, line 28, leave out from 'he' to 'has' in line 31.
Mr Michael Foster
176
Schedule 2, page 24, line 30, after '(c36))', insert "but derives no income from any activity associated with hunting wild mammals with dogs.".
Mr James Gray
301
Schedule 2, page 24, line 31, leave out 'the welfare of animals or'.
Dr Alan Whitehead
Judy Mallaber
189
Schedule 2, page 24, line 33, at end insert '; and the Lord Chancellor shall ensure that the panel comprises equal (or approximately equal) numbers of persons with experience of animal welfare and management of land respectively.'.
Mr James Gray
302
Schedule 2, page 24, line 33, at end insert—
'(3) No one shall be appointed to the panel who has been employed by, or is a member of, an organisation campaigning either for or against hunting with dogs.'
Mr James Gray
314
Schedule 2, page 24, line 36, after 'appointment', insert 'which the Lord Chancellor shall publish by placing a copy thereof in the Library of the House of Commons'.
Mr James Gray
315
Schedule 2, page 24, line 38, after '5', insert 'shall hold office for a period of no more than three years and'.
Mr James Gray
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr John Gummer
Mr Nicholas Soames
Mr Hugo Swire
208
Schedule 2, page 25, line 1, at end insert 'as defined by the Bar Council and the Law Society.'.
Mr James Gray
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Hugo Swire
Gregory Barker
60
Schedule 2, page 25, line 4, at end insert 'However there may not be more than three sittings at any one time.'.
Hywel Williams
229
Schedule 2, page 25, line 4, at end insert—
'( ) The Tribunal shall sit in Wales when deliberating Welsh cases.'.
Mr Alun Michael
318
Schedule 2, page 25, line 9, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert 'ensure that at each sitting the Tribunal consists of either—
| (a) | the President or a member of the panel of chairmen, or |
| (b) | the President, or a member of the panel of chairmen, sitting with one member appointed under paragraph 5(2)(a) and one member appointed under paragraph 5(2)(b).'. |
Mr James Gray
274
Schedule 2, page 25, line 16, leave out paragraph 11.
Ms Candy Atherton
Mr Michael Foster
Mr Mike Hall
Mr Eric Martlew
Mr Russell Brown
Dr Alan Whitehead
183
Schedule 2, page 25, line 21, at end insert—
'( ) Rules under section 10 must require the Tribunal to give each of the prescribed animal welfare bodies a copy of any document, and to communicate to those bodies any additional information, which it receives from any other person in connection with the proceedings.'.
Mr James Gray
273
Clause 11, page 4, line 9, leave out subsection (3).
Mr James Gray
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr John Gummer
Mr Nicholas Soames
Mr Hugo Swire
209
Clause 11, page 4, line 14, leave out from 'regulations' to end of line 15 and insert 'form an animal welfare standing committee comprised of members of—
| (a) | the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and |
| (b) | the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare |
who are free from bias on the issue of hunting with dogs.'.
Mr James Gray
309
Clause 11, page 4, line 14, after 'more', insert 'recognized charitable'.
Mr James Gray
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Hugo Swire
Gregory Barker
30
Clause 11, page 4, line 15, at end insert 'so long as that organisation has no recognised position on the issue of hunting with dogs.'.
Mr James Gray
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Hugo Swire
Gregory Barker
28
Clause 11, page 4, leave out lines 16 and 17.
Mr James Gray
310
Clause 11, page 4, line 16, leave out 'he thinks that'.
Rob Marris
Ms Candy Atherton
Judy Mallaber
Mark Tami
Peter Bradley
Paul Holmes
106
Clause 11, page 4, line 16, after 'thinks', insert 'reasonably'.
Rob Marris
Ms Candy Atherton
Judy Mallaber
Mark Tami
Mr Andrew George
Peter Bradley
107
Clause 11, page 4, line 17, leave out 'partly' and insert 'mainly'.
