Hunting (Hansard, 18 December 1990)

§ Mr. Meale
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what date a licence was first issued to the Essex and Suffolk hunt to hunt on his Ministry's land at Colchester; and how frequently the licence is renewable.

§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
The Essex and Suffolk hunt has had a licence to hunt on Ministry of Defence land since before 1974. Records before that date are no longer retained. The licence is renewed annually.

§ Mr. Meale
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place a copy of the licence issued to the Essex and Suffolk hunt to hunt on his Ministry's land at Colchester in the Library.

§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
No. The full terms of the licence are commercial-in-confidence between my Department and the Essex and Suffolk hunt.

§ Mr. Meale
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the annual fee paid by the Essex and Suffolk hunt to hunt on his Ministry's land at Colchester.

§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
This information is commercialin-confidence between my Department and the Essex and Suffolk hunt.