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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 10 Nov 2020
Environment Bill (Twelfth sitting)

"When we last met we all agreed that the OEP should have as much independence as possible. I fully support that. What I find confusing about the hon. Gentleman’s argument is that he is talking about reducing the OEP’s ability or flexibility to do what it sees fit, and he …..."
Anthony Browne - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 10 Nov 2020
Environment Bill (Twelfth sitting)

"The hon. Gentleman makes the valid point that many historical monuments have become part of the landscape. The UK is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. After 40,000 years of continuous human habitation, there is virtually nothing left that is not touched by the hand of …..."
Anthony Browne - View Speech

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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 10 Nov 2020
Environment Bill (Twelfth sitting)

"I completely and utterly support that the definition should cover the marine environment. My question to the hon. Member is why he picks on the marine environment as the one point of clarification needed in “land…air and water”. My hon. Friend the Member for Truro and Falmouth has talked about …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 03 Nov 2020
Environment Bill (Ninth sitting)

"I am a member of the Treasury Committee. We do a lot of selection hearings and most of them are agreed through parliamentary processes. We find we end up doing an awful lot of selection hearings, and we have spent a huge amount of time doing them, on the board …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 03 Nov 2020
Environment Bill (Ninth sitting)

"I have set up lots of organisations and it is completely standard to go through a process where there is a shadow or interim chief executive and an interim board. There is a critical difference between that position and a substantive chief executive, which is that they are setting up …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 03 Nov 2020
Environment Bill (Ninth sitting)

"I used to be the chair of the Regulatory Policy Committee, a non-departmental public body linked to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy; I appointed its entire new board. In a previous life, as I have mentioned, I was involved in setting up various other bodies, such as …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 03 Nov 2020
Environment Bill (Ninth sitting)

"I have finished, but the hon. Gentleman is welcome to succeed me...."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 03 Nov 2020
Environment Bill (Ninth sitting)

"I will just make one observation, speaking as somebody who has hired various chief executives for other organisations. On the boards that I have been on, the recruitment processes for external chief executives has taken at least three months just to identify the candidate. The sort of people we are …..."
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Written Question
Hare Coursing: Fines
Wednesday 9th September 2020

Asked by: Anthony Browne (Conservative - South Cambridgeshire)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will increase the fines permissible within Section 30 of the Game Act 1831 for hare coursing offences.

Answered by Rebecca Pow

There are no current plans to amend the penalties in the Game Act 1831 for hare coursing offences.

The Government takes wildlife crime seriously and is committed to ensuring the protection this legislation offers wildlife is effectively enforced. It recognises the problems and distress which hare coursing causes for rural communities. Poaching (including hare coursing) is one of the UK’s six wildlife crime priorities, which are set by the UK Wildlife Crime Tasking and Co-ordination Group, supported by the Wildlife Crime Conservation Advisory Group, chaired by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. The National Wildlife Crime Unit, funded partly by Defra and the Home Office, assists regional police forces in tackling these crimes by gathering and analysing intelligence, sharing this with the police and assisting police investigations.

A hare coursing roundtable meeting was held on 3 September between Defra, Home Office, police, National Farmers Union and other rural organisations to bring parties together to establish a shared understanding of the barriers to tackling hare coursing effectively and identify potential ways forward.

Written Question
Hare Coursing
Monday 7th September 2020

Asked by: Anthony Browne (Conservative - South Cambridgeshire)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the level of farming income lost as a result of (a) illegal hare coursing and (b) damage to farmlands resulting from illegal hare coursing.

Answered by Baroness Prentis of Banbury

The Government has not made an estimate of the level of farming income lost as a result of hare coursing.

The Government recognises the problems and distress which hare coursing causes for rural communities. The Hunting Act 2004 bans all hare coursing in England and Wales, including both organised and unregulated events, and all participation in or attendance at such events.

We are working with the police and stakeholders to look at further ways this issue can be addressed.