Grouse Shooting

My hon. Friend is making a very good point. Lots of people think that woodland is a habitat for l...

That is as very good point from somebody who clearly has as level of understanding of this topic ...

It is always a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms McDonagh. I took part in the 2016 debate, whi...

Does the hon. Lady agree that those two are not mutually exclusive?

I might go on to say why it is problematic in the way they are managed. One of the problems that ...

On hen harriers, is the hon. Lady aware that there were 50 hen harrier chicks in 2006, zero in 20...

There is work going on, but the hen harrier population declined across the UK and the Isle of Man...

That is the point: the numbers did decline from 2006 to 2013, but now they are on the rise again....

The figures are nowhere near where they should be, in terms of what we could support, and it is n...

They are going up.

The hon. Member says that the numbers are going up, but they are going up from a very small base....

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I hope the hon. Gentleman is going to explain why the banjo comes into it.

I am not sure about banjos, but the premise that the hon. Lady gave before was that grouse manage...

I do not accept that. If we look at the way the moors are managed, we see that it is to create th...

The hon. Lady asks who is benefiting, but that is quite clear. There are gamekeepers in my consti...

I suspect they are not benefiting to anything like the same extent as the people who own the land...

Order. A great deal of Members wish to speak in this debate. If you make and take interventions, ...

May I say at the outset that to ban grouse shooting would be an act of environmental, ecological ...

First, may I apologise, Ms McDonagh? I was presenting a Bill in the Chamber so I could not be her...

For the record, I declare my membership of the all-party parliamentary group on shooting and cons...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McDonagh, and to follow my hon. Friend the ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McDonagh. I will try to be a little briefer...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate with you in the Chair, Ms McDonagh.

I do not accep...

Order. I apologise for interrupting, but I must highlight to the hon. Gentleman that there are tw...

I will conclude on this point. It is absolutely right that we should clamp down on any wildlife c...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McDonagh. Thank you for giving me permissio...

I would like to offer Mr Djanogly two minutes.

5.31 pm

Thank you, Ms McDonagh. I declare my interests as they appear in the Register of Members’ Financi...

Thank you for making this a bit easier to chair, Mr Djanogly. I think I am right in suggesting th...

Thank you, Ms McDonagh. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair. I am happy that this debate has...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms McDonagh. I thank hon. Members for their excel...

I call the Minister, Victoria Prentis, to respond to the debate.

5.48 pm

Thank you, Ms McDonagh; it is actually Rebecca Pow.

Sorry—I am just reading from my list.

This matter comes under my portfolio. There seems to be a little bit of confusion, but I am Rebec...

I thank the Minister and apologise once again for getting her name wrong.

5.58 pm

I thank the Minister and everyone who has contributed to this debate. Well, there we have it: wit...

I thank all Members who have contributed to this debate for helping me ensure that everybody coul...