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HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Because they are not reindeer? Carol MacManus: Because they are not really wild in this country—only if they are owned by a circus.21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q They very often have habitats of 60 sq km. Would you agree with that? Peter Jolly: Yes, in the wild.21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Two things. First, your basic argument, as I understand it, is that any wild animal—or exotic animal, as you call it—should be able to perform in these circuses. Peter Jolly: We…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q May I ask you a couple of questions about that, then, and take, for example, a tiger? Tigers are solitary animals. Would you agree with that? Peter Jolly: Yes.21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q They roam across wide areas when they are in the natural world. Do you agree with that? Peter Jolly: Yes.21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q So would you agree that to put them in a circus would be to put them in a wholly artificial environment? Carol MacManus: I do not think these are questions that you need to be…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Okay. The next thing I want to ask is this. You have horses on the one hand and camels on the other—you have camels, correct? Peter Jolly: Yes.21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you detect any difference in the way that those two animals experience being in a circus? Before you answer, the evidence we heard this morning was, “Don’t worry, Mr Chalk.…21 May 2019HANSARDEbola Outbreak: DRCFor intervention to be decisive, clinical experts will have to be deployed at pace and at scale. Will the Secretary of State indicate what discussions he is having with our…20 May 2019HANSARDSerious ViolenceDetection is obviously essential, as is getting weapons out of circulation. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner says she is in favour of stop-and-search as a means of getting…15 May 2019HANSARD Automatism as a Legal DefenceThe hon. Gentleman is being extremely generous with his time. We all want to see more people who are guilty of rape convicted. We all agree that the statistics are shocking.…14 May 2019HANSARDPrisons and Probationrose—14 May 2019HANSARDPrisons and ProbationMy right hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. Of course, the picture is complex, because there are good and failing prisons in the private sector and in the public sector. One…14 May 2019HANSARD Automatism as a Legal DefenceThe hon. Gentleman is of course raising a really important issue, but it is important not to lose sight of the fact that to make out this defence, the burden is on the defendant…14 May 2019HANSARD Automatism as a Legal DefenceI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for generously giving way. Where a road accident leads to someone losing a life, one’s heart goes out to the victims and those who are left…14 May 2019HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: EmploymentSpecsavers in Cheltenham has teamed up with the GEM project to recruit people with disabilities into the world of work, and the impact has been transformational, resulting in…13 May 2019HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Employment8. What steps her Department is taking to help people with disabilities into work.13 May 2019HANSARD Commonwealth Personnel in the Armed ForcesThe Minister is giving a powerful response, as I would expect. He is right to say that there is a risk of a floodgates argument. Does he agree that people who put their lives on…08 May 2019HANSARD Commonwealth Personnel in the Armed ForcesMy hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. We owe a debt of gratitude to those who would give their lives in defence of this nation. Does he agree that the position in this…08 May 2019HANSARD Climate Change (Net Zero UK Carbon Account)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require that the net UK carbon account by the year 2050 is zero. This Bill would create a legal obligation, the first in…30 Apr 2019