§ Lord Mancroftasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has taken into account concerns expressed by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in relation to the use of firearms to kill wild animals, as highlighted in its comments on BBC Coventry on 13 March 2002. [HL1152]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Whitty)I regret that I am unable to give the noble Lord a substantive Answer. Neither the RSPCA nor BBC Coventry has been able to confirm the content. or provide a transcript, of any such comments by the RSPCA on BBC Coventry on that date.