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I am delighted to hear that my hon. Friend finds Mirvahedy straightforward. That is another compliment to his extraordinary forensic brain. However, I seem to remember that in McKenny v. Foster there was a long discussion about the psychology of a cow on a road and the degree of agitation...
Member
Stephen Pound (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
14 March 2008
Reference
473 c551-2
House
House of Commons

The hon. Gentleman makes a fair point, and he may well be right. Obviously it is far better for cases to be settled than fought, but serious cases will tend at least to be litigated, even if no judgment follows. The figures that I gave earlier showing a decline in...
Member
Andrew Dismore (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
14 March 2008
Reference
473 c582-4
House
House of Commons

We are looking for clarification of a particular situation. My hon. Friend's example takes us into a wider issue, which would not be suitable for a private Member's Bill of this type. A great deal more parliamentary scrutiny would be needed to deal with such an issue. If strict liability...
Member
Jonathan Shaw (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
14 March 2008
Reference
473 c541-2
House
House of Commons

I must take us back to where I began. It is essential that we understand that this is clarifying the law. We do not want the current set of circumstances to continue, whereby in any situation someone can be liable for the way an animal acts despite their acting responsibly...
Member
Jonathan Shaw (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
14 March 2008
Reference
473 c544-5
House
House of Commons

I would simply say to my hon. Friend that if it is his cow, it is his responsibility. That is my answer to his question. That particular case came to a different conclusion, and we will perhaps talk about that later and analyse the decisions in that case. If my...
Member
Andrew Dismore (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
14 March 2008
Reference
473 c552
House
House of Commons

If that is the case, she will know that the debate turns on section 2(2)(b) of the Animals Act 1971 and the efforts of the hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire to change its wording. The problem is that the origins of section 2 go back to the principle of scienter—to...
Member
Andrew Dismore (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
14 March 2008
Reference
473 c562
House
House of Commons

Of course, Mr. Deputy Speaker. We need to examine the law of negligence, and the starting point for that is the excellent text of the 17th edition of ““Winfield and Jolowicz on Tort””, which sets out the present position in short form. Chapter 16 states:"““At common law a person might...
Member
Andrew Dismore (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
14 March 2008
Reference
473 c563-5
House
House of Commons

That may be true, but it is a dangerous wild animal according to the 1976 Act. I think that its drafters erred on the side of caution; the Act includes reptilian animals and spiders as well as the hippopotamus, the wild boar and the giraffe. I certainly do not think...
Member
Andrew Dismore (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
14 March 2008
Reference
473 c573-7
House
House of Commons

We heard the Secretary of State say that he believes in cost-sharing. We also heard him say that he has ordered the bluetongue vaccine. Can he tell my constituents how much they should budget for this vaccine, per cow and per sheep?
Asked by
Bill Wiggin (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Topical question - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
13 March 2008
Reference
473 c409
House
House of Commons

We are bombarded daily by images of Buttercup feeding peacefully among the daisies, but in reality, zero-grazed cows permanently confined in the cow version of battery hen production represent 10 per cent. of the national dairy herd. What plans does the Minister have to tackle the welfare and health problems encountered by these stressed, overworked battery cattle, which have high levels of lameness, mastitis, infertility and acidosis?
Asked by
David Leslie Taylor (Labour; Cooperative Party)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Topical question - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
13 March 2008
Reference
473 c408-9
House
House of Commons

[Bill 18 of 2007-08]

Type
Commons Briefing paper
Date
12 March 2008
Reference
RP08-25

Thank you, Mr. Chope, for calling me to speak in this debate. First, I congratulate the hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness (Mr. Stuart) on securing this important debate and I am glad that he put on the record that Humberside no longer exists as an administrative area. Other hon....
Member
Shona McIsaac (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
11 March 2008
Reference
473 c35-7WH
House
House of Commons

My Lords, this may be a short debate, but to many people it is an exceedingly important one. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Byford, for initiating it. I must declare an interest as I have a Highland pony stud and several breeds of sheep. I start by saying that...
Member
Baroness Masham of Ilton (Crossbench)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
10 March 2008
Reference
699 c1379-80
House
House of Lords

I would take the hon. Gentleman through the miscalculations—[Hon. Members: ““Go on!””] If I am to allow the hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening) to get in, I cannot go down that route. We are considering the failure of the unbridled privatisation of the London underground. Tube Lines has a...
Member
Clive Efford (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
10 March 2008
Reference
473 c105
House
House of Commons

I, too, thank my noble friend Lord Beaumont of Whitley for initiating this debate on using less oil and gas through replacement with renewables. Climate change has not been mentioned a great deal. Of course, a large number of Peers have used the Committee stage of the Climate Change Bill...
Member
Lord Redesdale (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
6 March 2008
Reference
699 c186-8GC
House
House of Lords

Is it possible to hold a debate on tourism next week, given that the Minister for Culture, Media and Sport decided on Tuesday to attack one of the great British institutions, the Proms, because not enough people from different backgrounds felt comfortable with it? Why did she stop there? Why...
Member
Nigel Evans (Conservative)
Type
Business question
Date
6 March 2008
Reference
472 c1921;472 c1919
House
House of Commons

I reassure my hon. Friend that I always set out my own election address. The party tends to offer a format, which I have never adopted because I wish to express my personal views to my constituents. One thing that nobody in my constituency can complain about is that they...
Member
David Curry (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
5 March 2008
Reference
472 c1847-8;472 c1845-6
House
House of Commons

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I am most grateful for this opportunity to call for the Second Reading of my Bill. I am also grateful to the large number of colleagues in all parts of the House who have given up their...
Member
Julian Brazier (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
29 February 2008
Reference
472 c1352-4
House
House of Commons

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans). As ever, he spoke a lot of common sense and, as we all know, he speaks with the experience of running a small business. I totally accept my hon. Friend's point that the Bill...
Member
Philip Davies (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contribution
Date
22 February 2008
Reference
472 c695
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many holdings with dairy cows in each county in England there were in each year since 2001.
Asked by
James Paice (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written question
Status
Answered
Date
21 February 2008
Reference
472 c917-22W; 185648
House
House of Commons

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