Labour fully supports the principles of maximum journey times . . . The Conservatives have said they would not ban live exports even if they could, and the Liberal Democrats have criticised protesters. Labour . . . are opposed to commercial whaling . Labour . . . will support a Royal Commission to review the effectiveness and justification of animal experiments, and to examine alternatives . . . We will also ban the LD50 test . . .
Labour is against the killing of badgers and the destruction of their setts . . .
Labour wants our countryside to become ecologically richer, more varied . . . We believe that the provisions of the Zoo Licensing Act should apply to circuses . . . Labour is strongly opposed to the so-called sport of hunting with hounds . . . Not one Labour member has voted against attempts to abolish hunting with hounds . . . We would also support European moves to ban bullfighting and other cruel rituals .