S.C.F.
Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 28th January 2003
STANDING COMMITTEE F
HUNTING BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [7th January 2003].
Schedule No. 2 (The Hunting Tribunal).
Amendment (No. 211) proposed, in page 23, line 41, at the end, to insert the words—
'( ) he is free from bias on the issue of hunting with dogs'.—(Mr James Gray.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made.
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).'. |
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
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'.
Mr James Gray
311
Clause 11, page 4, line 17, leave out 'or partly'.
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'.
Mr James Gray
312
Clause 11, page 4, line 17, leave out 'animals' and insert 'wild mammals and has never undertaken political campaigning about hunting with dogs'.
Rob Marris
Ms Candy Atherton
Judy Mallaber
Mark Tami
Mr Andrew George
Peter Bradley
108
Clause 11, page 4, line 17, at end insert 'and the body has informed him that it is willing to be prescribed.'.
Mr James Gray
320
Clause 11, page 4, line 18, leave out subsection (3).
Mr James Gray
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Hugo Swire
Gregory Barker
29
Clause 11, page 4, line 19, leave out 'a prescribed animal welfare body' and insert 'the animal welfare standing committee'.
Mr James Gray
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Hugo Swire
Gregory Barker
26
Page 4, line 13, leave out Clause 11.
Rob Marris
Ms Candy Atherton
Judy Mallaber
Mark Tami
Peter Bradley
Paul Holmes
109
Page 4, line 20, leave out Clause 12.
Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Rob Marris
Peter Bradley
141
Clause 13, page 4, line 29, leave out 'Hunting' and insert 'Pest Control with Dogs'.
Mr James Gray
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Hugo Swire
Gregory Barker
31
Clause 13, page 4, line 30, leave out '18' and insert '12'.
Mr James Gray
275
Clause 13, page 4, line 30, leave out '18' and insert '14'.
Mr James Gray
276
Clause 13, page 4, line 30, leave out '18' and insert '15'.
Mr James Gray
277
Clause 13, page 4, line 30, leave out '18' and insert '16'.
Mr James Gray
278
Clause 13, page 4, line 30, leave out '18' and insert '17'.
Mr James Gray
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr Hugo Swire
Gregory Barker
32
Clause 13, page 4, line 30, at end insert 'Where an applicant is younger than 18 years of age, his application must be countersigned by a parent or guardian.'.
Mr James Gray
Mr Peter Luff
Mr Hugo Swire
Mr Gregory Barker
Mr Adrian Flook
Mr Edward Garnier
98
Clause 13, page 4, line 35, at end insert 'which may be set from time to time by the Secretary of State, but shall not be more than £10 per registration.'.
Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Rob Marris
Peter Bradley
142
Clause 13, page 4, line 37, leave out 'hunt' and insert 'control'.
Mr James Gray
279
Clause 13, page 4, line 37, leave out from 'hunt' to end of line 1 on page 5.
Mr James Gray
280
Clause 13, page 5, line 1, after 'proposed', insert 'from time to time'.
Dr Alan Whitehead
Mr Rob Marris
Peter Bradley
143
Clause 13, page 5, line 3, leave out 'hunting' and insert 'pest control activity'.
Rob Marris
Mark Tami
Albert Owen
237
Clause 13, page 5, line 3, at end insert '; but that is without prejudice to the power of the registrar or the Tribunal to impose under section 17 or 19 such conditions as they think fit'.
