HC Deb 05 May 1994 vol 242 cc592-3W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many hunts have been prosecuted for trespassing on British Transport property since 1990.

Mr. Freeman

The BTP charged one person with trespass following an incident at Brent Knoll, Somerset on 9 November 1991 involving the Weston and Brean hunt. The case was heard at Bridgwater magistrates court on 11 May 1992 and the offender was given an absolute discharge.

A second prosecution for trespass near Oxford in November 1993 involved the Bicester with Whaddon Chase hunt. Two charges of trespass were brought against a member of the hunt who was summoned to appear before Bicester magistrates on 24 January. The case was subsequently withdrawn by the Crown Prosecution Service in the public interest.