Dr David Drew (Stroud) (Lab/Co-op):...None of us, I think, has
argued for an outright ban; but we are of one mind that the
restrictions are not working, and that they must be revisited.
Although my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham North (Alex
Norris) has left the Chamber, I shall give my pet story, because
everyone else has. I have a cat called Scamp, a waif and stray who
just arrived one day, so I looked after him. Two things completely
faze him. One is the sight of a black plastic bag....Request free trial
Dr (Stroud)
(Lab/Co-op):...None of us, I think, has argued for an
outright ban; but we are of one mind that the restrictions are not
working, and that they must be revisited. Although my hon. Friend
the Member for Nottingham North (Alex Norris) has left the Chamber,
I shall give my pet story, because everyone else has. I have a cat
called Scamp, a waif and stray who just arrived one day, so I
looked after him. Two things completely faze him. One is the sight
of a black plastic bag. It horrifies me to think what someone
did to him. The second is fireworks. He disappears through the
catflap as quickly as you could see a cat disappear, and we will
not see him for two or three hours. He is petrified. Something and
someone somewhere have done things to him that we just have to
clear from the mind. That is an animal story, but so much of this
is about animals, because they are our nearest and dearest and we
must take notice of how they are affected. Funnily enough, I met
the National Farmers Union today, and said,
“What’s the NFU’s view on this?”, to which the NFU, as always,
said, “We haven’t got an official view, but if you want to know my
personal view, it’s terrifying for many animals.”
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