§ 14Schedule 1, page 12, line 18, column 1, after (" killing ") insert (" or injuring ").
§ 15 Schedule 1, page 12, line 32, column 1, leave out (" or killing ") and insert (", killing or injuring ").
§ 16 Schedule 1, page 12, page 13, line 3, column 1, leave out (" or killing of deer ") and insert (", killing or injuring of deer, or breach of firearms order,").
Lord Campbell of CroyMy Lords, again it was agreed that Amendments 14 to 16 might be taken en bloc. I, therefore, beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in their amendments Nos. 14, 15 and 16. These amendments are purely consequential as a result of earlier amendments which created the 866 offences of injuring deer. This is a matter of drafting, and I take this opportunity of sympathising with what the noble Lord, Lord Northfield, said on the wording of the last amendments and the complications of amending legislation in the way that we have been proceeding. But once having started I do not think we could alter the principle now. If my noble friend on the Front Bench were able to give us some information in reply to the noble Lord, Lord Northfield, about the possibility of consolidation of the legislation on deer in Scotland at some early date, or an equivalent, and if he were able to say anything by the time we have reached Amendment No. 19, the last amendment, I am sure the House would be grateful.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said amendments.—(Lord Campbell of Croy.)