Wild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill

It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I know that we have three h...

It has been pulled.

That changes things. We are in business now. I do not, however, intend to detain the House for lo...

I am glad that we have found parliamentary time in this otherwise packed parliamentary schedule f...

It is a pleasure to speak at the Report stage of this Bill. I apologise to the House that I was n...

Never! She doesn’t look old enough.

She does not look 30 years of age, as my hon. Friend comments. She said to me when she was about ...

It is an honour to participate in the debate, and I welcome the genuine cross-party spirit. We ar...

There is concern about using two different bits of legislation to solve one problem. Would it not...

That is an interesting point. It is difficult to get the balance right, but the key thing to reme...

I would like some reassurance from the Minister about a circus that operates in my constituency—C...

The hon. Gentleman sets things out incredibly clearly, as he has done on others Bills I have been...

You just put them in a circus then.

I do not know how to take that comment. I think I will move on.

Again, we do not feel that ...

Will the Minister go into slightly more detail about where the guidance will land on that point? ...

That is a good question, and we will take a closer look at that. At this stage, it would be one o...

There could be a situation in which a wild animal has been inappropriately brought into a circus....

I think that is a perfectly fair point, but the point I am trying to make, to reassure colleagues...

That is quite a long time.

The hon. Gentleman says that is quite a long period. It is long enough to take what he is saying ...

I thank the Minister for an extremely thorough response to the amendments tabled by me and the sh...

Consideration completed. As the Bill has not been amended since its introduction, Standing Order ...

indicated assent.

The House forthwith resolved itself into the Legislative Grand Committee ...

I remind hon. Members that, if there is a Division, only Members representing constituencies in E...

It is a pleasure to speak very briefly. The SNP is quite happy to support the Bill. As the hon. M...

I look around expectantly and discover that nobody wishes to catch my eye.

The occupant of ...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

I am pleased to move the motion fo...

I thank all those right hon. and hon. Members whose persistence has led to the Bill coming before...

I could possibly have tested your patience by making an overlong intervention on the Minister, Ma...

My right hon. Friend the Member for North Thanet (Sir Roger Gale) has addressed exactly the memor...

Trophy hunting.

To me, a trophy-hunting Bill is the simplest thing in the world. If someone wants to do that sort...

If I may say so, the right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. It is a great pity that when somet...

Perhaps they prefer a circus in this House.

Yes, we will not go on about which circus is really the circus. To bring about what everyone in t...

For the sake of clarity, I confirm to the House that the Back-Bench motion on the mineworkers’ pe...