Trail-hunting Debate
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Baroness Butler-Sloss
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Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab)
It is also important to stress that, if there is a law, people should obey it.
Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB)
Are the Government aware of how important the supporters’ clubs of hunts are to the local communities? In the part of Devon where I live partly, the local communities in rural villages are very much separated from each other, and they all offer something on one Sunday, Saturday or Friday every week. If there is no supporters’ club, there will be very little for these rural communities to do in the winter.
Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab)
I live in a very rural community and always have done, and we have plenty of options for things to do in the winter that do not involve supporting hunts. If it is a particular concern in the area where the noble and learned Baroness lives, again, I encourage her to take part in the consultation.