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Animals Act 1971 (Amendment) Bill

That is the point—it is a question of ““stick or twist””. Personally, I think that the Mirvahedy case is inadequate in the other direction from the hon. Gentleman's. Although it could not, because of the way that the 1971 Act is phrased, I would have liked that case to produce a different result—the one for which my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing, North (Stephen Pound) is contending. The hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire wants things to go the other way—that is, as the minority of those involved in the judgment concluded, that Mr. Mirvahedy should have gone uncompensated despite his tragic and serious injuries. The consequence of the hon. Gentleman's argument would be that Mr. Mirvahedy would not have been compensated.