Amendments proposed to the Hunting Bill, As Amended - continued	House of Commons
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Mr James Gray
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr James Paice
Mr Peter Atkinson [R]

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Page     24,     line     30     [Schedule     1],     at end insert—

'Dog walking

    8   A person who walks a dog for that person's own exercise or pleasure or that of the dog does not thereby commit an offence if the dog flushes or hunts a wild mammal, even where that flushing or hunting was a forseeable, but unavoidable, consequence of dog walking, unless that person does not take reasonable steps to control the dog once the wild mammal has been flushed or hunted.'.

   

Mr James Gray
Mr Henry Bellingham
Mr Edward Garnier
Mr James Paice
Mr Peter Atkinson [R]

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Page     24,     line     30     [Schedule     1],     at end insert—

       'Orphaned fox cubs

    8 (1)   Using a dog below ground to search for fox cubs is exempt hunting if the conditions in this paragraph are satisfied.

    (2)   The first condition is that the hunter reasonably believes that the cubs are not capable of fending for themselves and that their mother is dead or seriously injured.

    (3)   The second condition is that reasonable steps are taken for the purpose of ensuring that as soon as possible after being found the fox cubs are shot dead or otherwise cared for.'.

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Mr Peter Luff
Lembit Öpik
Kate Hoey

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Page     25,     line     29     [Schedule     2],     leave out 'experience' and insert 'academic qualifications'.

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Secretary Margaret Beckett
Alun Michael

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Page     27,     line     34     [Schedule     3],     leave out 'or exempt hunting' and insert 'for the purpose of pest control, or exempt hunting,'.

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HUNTING BILL (PROGRAMME) (No. 3)

   

Secretary Margaret Beckett
Peter Hain
That the programme order of 16th December 2002 in relation to the Hunting Bill be varied as follows—

1.	Paragraph 4 of the order shall be omitted.

2.	Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion five and a half hours after the commencement of proceedings on the motion for this order.

3.	Proceedings on consideration shall be taken in the following order—

(a)   New Clause 13 and any new clauses and amendments which stand to be grouped for debate with it;

(b)   New Clause 12 and any new clauses and amendments which stand to be grouped for debate with it;

(c)   Remaining proceedings.

4.	At the conclusion of proceedings on consideration, the question on any motion made by a Minister of the Crown to re-commit the Bill to a Standing Committee shall be put forthwith.

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Prepared 26 Jun 2003