Hunt Trespassers On Railway Lines

EDM number 594 in 1994-95, proposed by David Hinchliffe on 10/02/1995.

That this House notes with concern the mutilation and subsequent death of a fox hound from the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt when its hind leg was severed following the hunt trespassing on an operational railway line near Adber between Yeovil and Castle Cary in Somerset on 8th February; further notes that this is not an isolated incident, following on from the death of a hound from the York and Ainsty North Hunt in January and a number of incidents involving the Bicester with Whaddon Chase hunt crossing operational railway lines in 1994 and 1995; considers that hunters are acting irresponsibly in not adequately controlling their hounds and creating a danger not only to hounds but also to public safety; calls on the Secretary of State for Transport to seek an urgent meeting with Railtrack to ensure that hunters are not allowed to endanger their animals or the public by their total disregard for safety; and urges the Director of Public Prosecutions to consider a prosecution for causing unnecessary suffering to the hound under the Protection of Animals Act 1911 section 1(1)(a).

This motion has been signed by a total of 51 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Hinchliffe	10/02/1995	Wakefield		Proposed
Alan Meale	10/02/1995	Mansfield		Signed
John Cummings	10/02/1995	Easington		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	10/02/1995	Durham, City of		Signed
Harry Barnes	13/02/1995	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Janet Anderson	13/02/1995	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
John Gunnell	13/02/1995	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Keith Bradley	13/02/1995	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Elliot Morley	13/02/1995	Glanford and Scunthorpe		Signed
William McKelvey	13/02/1995	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Ian McCartney	13/02/1995	Makerfield		Signed
John McAllion	13/02/1995	Dundee East		Signed
Lynne Jones	13/02/1995	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Barry Jones	13/02/1995	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Ernie Ross	13/02/1995	Dundee West		Signed
John Denham	14/02/1995	Southampton, Itchen		Signed
Jim Dowd	14/02/1995	Lewisham West		Signed
Norman Godman	14/02/1995	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Win Griffiths	14/02/1995	Bridgend		Signed
Tony Banks	14/02/1995	Newham North West		Signed
Hugh Bayley	14/02/1995	York, City of		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	14/02/1995	Islington North		Signed
Bill Michie	14/02/1995	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
John McFall	14/02/1995	Dumbarton		Signed
Colin Pickthall	14/02/1995	West Lancashire		Signed
Roy Hughes	14/02/1995	Newport East		Signed
Eric Illsley	14/02/1995	Barnsley Central		Signed
Glenda Jackson	14/02/1995	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Helen Jackson	14/02/1995	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Eddie Loyden	14/02/1995	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Jack Thompson	15/02/1995	Wansbeck		Signed
John Battle	15/02/1995	Leeds West		Signed
Mike Hall	15/02/1995	Warrington South		Signed
John Evans	15/02/1995	St Helens North		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	15/02/1995	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Michael Clapham	15/02/1995	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Richard Burden	15/02/1995	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Ken Livingstone	15/02/1995	Brent East		Signed
John Heppell	15/02/1995	Nottingham East		Signed
Gordon Prentice	15/02/1995	Pendle		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	16/02/1995	Workington		Signed
Peter Pike	17/02/1995	Burnley		Signed
Alan Williams	20/02/1995	Swansea West		Signed
Michael Connarty	20/02/1995	Falkirk East		Signed
Terry Davis	22/02/1995	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Martyn Jones	01/03/1995	Clwyd South West		Signed
Andrew Faulds	09/03/1995	Warley East		Signed
Audrey Wise	13/03/1995	Preston		Signed
Tommy Graham	20/03/1995	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Robert Wareing	29/03/1995	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Nigel Jones	16/05/1995	Cheltenham		Signed

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