LEGALITY OF HUNT MONITORING

Early day motion 727, tabled 26 January 2010 by Nick Ainger (Labour). Signed by 60 members.

That this House notes with dismay attempts by the Countryside Alliance to subvert the rule of law by claiming that evidence of illegal hunting collated by monitors working on behalf of organisations such as the League Against Cruel Sports is illegal under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; welcomes the clear guidance from the Crown Prosecution Service that all such evidence is valid; and further notes and acknowledges the hard work undertaken by hunt monitors in upholding the Hunting Act 2004 as democratically passed by this House.

Signatures by party: Labour 50, Liberal Democrat 8, Independent 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.