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HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)No, no, just above. Rona Brown: I am sorry, I do know it off by heart. Is it this paragraph, “The two circuses are family circuses, the Jolly’s are a Christian family, they keep…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Yes, it is the last sentence of that paragraph—the segue, of course, is the reference to Christian family at the start. Rona Brown: “I would like to suggest that government would…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)You are on the right page. Rona Brown: Is it this one, which you have highlighted?21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Yes. I wonder what you meant by that. Rona Brown: Well, I meant by that that it seems to me that you have to be— I am a Christian and I feel that Christians are having a bad time…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)I have time for a final question.21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Lacey, I think we will have to disagree. You have made the point that beauty is clearly in the eye of the beholder. I see nothing beautiful in that photograph whatsoever. Nor…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q But could you tell me now, in contemporary society—in real time, as it were—where you might find two tigers standing on the back of a lion? Martin Lacey: First of all, this is…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Could you give me your justification for that? Peter Jolly: My service is a family service. It is family orientated, so we deal with a lot of children. They do not get to see…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q So the question is whether you should use them in that way. Peter Jolly: Yes. Carol MacManus: Why not?21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No.2) Bill (First sitting)Q I am a great supporter of this Bill and supported the proposal when it was made in a private Member’s Bill promoted by my hon. Friend the Member for Colchester (Will Quince).…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No.2) Bill (First sitting)Q Ms Dos Santos, in answer to an earlier question you referenced educational purposes. Will you clarify where you think pony rides, donkey rides and falconry displays sit?…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No.2) Bill (First sitting)Q You are satisfied that they are effectively outwith the scope of the Bill. Daniella Dos Santos: I believe so, yes.21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No.2) Bill (First sitting)Q My final question speaks to Mrs Harrison’s question but it relates to inspectors. Inspectors are only as good as their powers. One thinks about the debate about police…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q Your brother? I got the family likeness. Could you tell me where in the natural world, not least because they are in different continents, you might find— Martin Lacey: That…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No.2) Bill (First sitting)Q To police constables? Dr Ros Clubb: Yes. We would also like the power to seize an animal—that has been specifically excluded from the powers—so that if there is an issue, there…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No.2) Bill (First sitting)Is that an invitation to repeat all my questions?21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No.2) Bill (First sitting)Q On the issue of seizing an animal, I can understand how one might be able to seize a racoon, a fox or a squirrel. However, If it was something larger—for example, a camel—or if…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q What animals do you keep? Peter Jolly: Do you mean animals or what are classified as wild animals?21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)The animals that would be covered by the Bill, were it to become an Act. Peter Jolly: Camels, zebra, reindeer, an Indian cow, a fox, two raccoons and a macaw. Carol MacManus: And…21 May 2019HANSARDWild Animals in Circuses (No. 2) Bill (Second sitting)Q There is always this fine divide, and because one can does not necessarily mean that one should. Do you think, in this day and age, with the popular access to wildlife…21 May 2019