Wild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill

My Lords, I apologise for the fact these three short amendments are starred, which I know is very...

My Lords, I heard what the noble Lord, Lord Mancroft, had to say about why this is a starred manu...

My Lords, I too apologise to the Committee for missing Second Reading, as I was abroad at the tim...

My Lords, I spoke at Second Reading and like the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, I have read the ...

My Lords, it is a great pity that the noble Lords, Lord Caithness and Lord Mancroft, were not at ...

My Lords, I did not speak at Second Reading. I wonder what will happen to these so-called wild an...

My Lords, as other noble Lords said, it is a shame that the noble Lords concerned were not there ...

My Lords, my noble friend’s amendment seeks to introduce a definition of “travelling circus” into...

I am grateful for what my noble friend said; I am sure that my friend, the noble Baroness, Lady J...

My Lords, I am most grateful to all noble Lords who took part in the debate. Although I was not a...

Moved by

Lord Mancroft

2: Clause 1, page 2, line 4, leave out from “means” to end of ...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 2 I will speak to Amendment 3, if it is convenient for the Committe...

My Lords, I am concerned that the amendments proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Mancroft, are dange...

My Lords, yet again, I find myself agreeing with the noble Baroness, Lady Tyler —a habit that I m...

My Lords, I wonder what the position would have been for my mother. When I was a small boy, she h...

My Lords, I apologise for not being present when the Bill first came before the House. I will add...

I agree with a number of noble Lords that the Bill is not shoddy. Indeed, it went through detaile...

My Lords, may I apologise to the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, who I have misnamed? It is obvio...

My Lords, it is wonderful to be able to thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Judge, for his ver...

My Lords, I have listened carefully to what my noble friend has had to say. The idea that the wor...

For the sake of the record, I understand that among the considerable number of travelling circuse...

I hear what my noble friend says and would not contradict him for a moment. He knows much more ab...