Animal Welfare Bill

My Lords, before the noble Baroness continues her reply, in my comments on her amendment, I repeated that we had grave concerns about caught wild birds and those concerns have not gone away; but it is a question of how you then deal with them. I told her that, on reflection, our view was, having raised this matter two or three times and given that it has been recorded in Hansard, that the Government are well aware of the issue and will provide specific direction to local government and the courts. I would like to see—