Hunting (Hansard, 19 January 1993)

§ Mr. Meale
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which fox and deer hunts have been issued with licences or permits to hunt live quarry on Forestry Commission land.
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§ Sir Hector Monro
[holding answer 12 January 1993]: The Forestry Commission has issued the following hunts with licences or permits to hunt on Forestry Commission land.
Fox Hunts

Ashford Valley Hunt

Banwen Miners Hunt

Barlow Hunt

Barton Hunt

Beaufort Hunt

Belvoir Hunt

Bewcastle Hunt

Bicester Hunt with Wheddon Chase

Bilsdale Hunt

Blankney Hunt

Blencathra Foxhounds

Border Hunt

Brocklesby Hunt

Cambridgeshire Hunt

Chiddingfold, Leaconfield and Cowdray Hunt

Cleveland Hunt

College Valley Hunt

Coniston Foxhounds

Cottesmore Hunt

Crawley and Horsham Hunt

Cumberland Farmers Foxhounds

Cumberland Foxhounds

Curre Hunt

Derwent Hunt

Duddon Valley and District Hunt

East Essex Hunt

East Kent Hunt

East Sussex and Burstow Hunt

Eskdale and Ennerdale Foxhounds

Essex Hunt

Farndale Hunt

Fitzwilliam Hunt

Gelligaer Farmers Hunt

Goathland Hunt

Grafton Hunt

Grove and Rufford Hunt

Hampshire Hunt

Haydon Hunt

Hodder Valley Foxhounds

Hurworth Hunt

Isle of Wight Hunt

Liddesdale Hunt

Llangeinor Hunt

Llangibby Hunt

Melbreak Hunt

Middleton Hunt

Milvain Hunt

Monmouthshire Hunt

Morpeth Hunt

North Lonsdale Foxhounds

North Norfolk Harriers

North Tyne Hunt

Oakley Hunt

Ols Surrey and Burstow Hunt

Pennine Foxhounds

Pentyrch Hunt

Percy Hunt

Puckeridge Hunt

Saltersgate Farmers

Sinnington Hunt

Southdown and Eridge Hunt

South Notts Hunt

South Pembrokeshire Hunt

South Wold Hunt

Staintondale Hunt

Suffolk Hunt

Surrey Union Hunt

Talybont Hunt

The New Forest Foxhounds

Thurlow Hunt

Tredegar Farmers Hunt

Tynedale Hunt

United Pack Shropshire

West Norfolk Hunt
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West Percy Hunt

West Somerset Vale Foxhounds

Woodland Pytchley Hunt

York and Ainsty North Hunt

Ystrad Hunt

Deer Hunts

Quantock Staghounds Hunt

The New Forest Buckhounds

§ Mr. Meale
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when an application for a permit to hunt on Forestry Commission land was last refused.

§ Sir Hector Monro
[holding answer 12 January 1993]: In November 1990 the Forestry Commission refused an application for a permit to hunt deer in Buckland wood in Devon, as this is an area where deer hunting is not a traditional activity.

§ Mr. Meale
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when a permit to hunt on Forestry Commission land was last withdrawn.

§ Sir Hector Monro
[holding answer 12 January 1993]: The Forestry Commission has no record of a permit to hunt being withdrawn.

§ Mr. Meale
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what charge is made for a permit to hunt on Forestry Commission land.

§ Sir Hector Monro
[holding answer 12 January 1993]: No charge is made for a permit to hunt on Forestry Commission land.

§ Mr. Meale
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many vehicle permit applications to the Forestry Commission to follow hunts have been(a) refused and (b) withdrawn in the latest period for which figures are available; and what are the terms and conditions of such vehicle permits.

§ Sir Hector Monro
[holding answer 12 January 1993] The Forestry Commission only issues vehicle permits to follow three hunts in Yorkshire and two hunts in south-east England. The conditions are listed in the permits, an example of which has been placed in the Library. Some permits to hunt also give authority for a specified number of vehicles to follow the hunt. No record is kept of applications which have been refused or not renewed; the Forestry Commission has no record of a permit being withdrawn.

§ Mr. Meale
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what charge is made for a vehicle permit from the Forestry Commission to follow a hunt.

§ Sir Hector Monro
[holding answer 12 January 1993]: The Forestry Commission makes no charge for a vehicle permit to follow a hunt.

§ Mr. Meale
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what monitoring procedures are in force to ensure the conditions of vehicle permission from the Forestry Commission to follow hunts are adhered to.

§ Sir Hector Monro
[holding answer 12 January 1993]: Some hunts provide vehicle stewards who are responsible for ensuring that only authorised vehicles enter Forestry Commission land. In addition, Forestry Commission staff carry out random checks on hunt days to ensure that the conditions of the permits are being followed.