Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill Debate
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Lord Robathan
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Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
Lord Robathan ExcerptsFriday 16th June 2023
(10 months, 4 weeks ago)
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Lord Robathan (Con)
My Lords, it might amuse my noble friend who has just spoken that I played the lion in the Bernard Shaw play, “Androcles and the Lion”, when I was about 10. I was not very good, actually.
I was going to make a speech to ask whether the bien pensant, well-meaning people in this country should know more about this than the people who live in Africa and in those communities? It was illustrated by the letter that was in the Times yesterday. I saw my noble friend the Minister a couple of nights ago and told him I had a medical appointment, and he said: “Nothing trivial, I hope?” His hopes are fulfilled. The result is that I cannot be here for the wind-ups so I cannot ask questions, and will not make a speech.