PUBLIC OPINION ON HUNTING

Early day motion 1324, tabled 8 June 2004 by Adrian Bailey (Labour/Co-operative). Signed by 100 members.

That this House notes that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint by the League Against Cruel Sports against the Countryside Alliance claim that 59 per cent. of people say keep hunting; notes that the ASA has criticised this claim as misleading; further notes that the Market Research Society has accepted a similar complaint and criticised the Countryside Alliance's polling company, NOP, for unprofessional conduct and for bringing discredit onto the market research profession; believes instead the recent MORI poll that 76 per cent. of the British public think that hunting should be illegal; and looks forward to the rapid reintroduction of the Hunting Bill so that hunting with dogs can be banned.

Signatures by party: Labour 81, Liberal Democrat 10, Labour/Co-operative 8, Conservative 1.