Foxhunting

EDM number 25 in 1991-92, proposed by Ron Davies on 31/10/1991.

That this House welcomes the Mail on Sunday expose' of the widespread and flagrant abuses by members of the Quorn Fox Hounds of the Masters of Fox Hounds Association rules; believes the evidence now available establishes beyond question that the purpose of hunting live quarry with hounds is neither to control the numbers of potential pests nor to kill individual animals as humanely as possible but to kill animals for the purposes of entertainment; considers that this practice is incompatible with Britain's supposed status as a state which opposes cruelty to animals and therefore deprives Britain of moral authority on animal welfare issues of international concern; and concludes, therefore, that Parliament should act to outlaw the pursuit and killing of animals for entertainment and the sooner the better.

This motion has been signed by a total of 156 MPs.