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Animal Welfare Bill

Proceeding contribution from Eric Martlew (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 10 January 2006. It occurred during Debate on bills on Animal Welfare Bill.
I entirely agree. In the 1940s and 1950s there might have been a case for the use of wild animals in circuses—those who wanted to see an elephant might have to go to the circus—but now people can watch the Discovery channel, for instance. I have a feeling that the Government are running shy of the issue, because they are frightened of being told, ““It is a nanny state: you are banning too much.””

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Reference

441 c184 

Session

2005-06

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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