Let us go to the root cause of the problem between the Minister and everyone else. He seems to be pinning his case on the idea that someone might take legal action and might win a court case. On that basis, the House could not pass any legislation.
Wild Animals (Circuses)
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Watts
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 23 June 2011.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Wild Animals (Circuses).
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
530 c582 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2023-12-15 18:27:19 +0000
URI
http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_752837
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_752837
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_752837