Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 17 Nov 2010 Lion Trophies
"My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I will come on to that point later. Between 2000 and 2008, some 4,250 wild lions were exported as trophies. I make that distinction because South Africa specifically breeds lions for captive hunting. Sport hunting refers to animals killed for the prize of an …..." Andrew Turner - View Speech
"Farmers have looked after the fields for generations, but does my hon. Friend agree that the problem is that, in future, people will aim to transmute that work, to take it away from farmers and to give it to bureaucrats, who build the sheds that we have criticised?..." Andrew Turner - View Speech
"No, that is not the crucial point. The crucial point is that the cattle would be kept inside year-round, never setting hoof outside...." Andrew Turner - View Speech
"Does my hon. Friend agree that many people are concerned about what will happen in the future? What concerns them in particular is the keeping of cows in hundreds and hundreds in barns, rather than in the countryside?..." Andrew Turner - View Speech