I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention, and he is absolutely right. I just feel that if we have a stronger sentence and there is more flexibility in the courts, the magistrate will be able to impose that sentence for the very worst of cases. My right hon. Friend is right, but sometimes the current sentence of six months is just not long enough.
Animal Welfare
Proceeding contribution from
Neil Parish
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 30 March 2017.
It occurred during Backbench debate
and
Debates on select committee report on Animal Welfare.
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