§ Mr. Anthony GreenwoodMr. Speaker, with your permission and that of the House, I wish to make a personal statement.
On 7th March, in a supplementary question to the Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs, I spoke of
… public dismay that the hunting of carted stags should now enjoy the approval of the Bishop of Norwich.…"—[OFFICIAL REPORT, 7th March, 1957; Vol. 566 c. 520.]Since then the Right Reverend Prelate has written to me in courteous terms, drawing my attention to the fact that I had unintentionally misrepresented his views as expressed in a letter to the League against Cruel Sports. In that letter, he wrote:I am not, however, convinced that the hunting of tame deer necessarily involves cruelty.The Bishop adds:My personal view is that though the hunting of tame deer is not necessarily cruel, it must involve the possibility of cruelty, and I should feel happier if it ceased to exist.I very much regret that I should have given the Bishop cause for complaint, and I am glad to have had this opportunity of calling attention to his true views.