wanted to see tighter enforced. recently he has been involved in ending the trophy hunting in africa and other nations. across the board, he was incredibly passionate and active over animal issues, lobbying ministers and getting out and about on the campaign for organisations like ours. , , , on the campaign for organisations like ours. ,, , ~ :, like ours. issues like fox hunting noes like ours. issues like fox hunting goes against like ours. issues like fox hunting goes against traditional - goes against traditional conservative politics, he has been described as a formidable campaigner, could you give us an inside into what he did? he actually chanced inside into what he did? he actually changed attitudes inside into what he did? he actually changed attitudes in inside into what he did? he actually changed attitudes in the changed attitudes in the conservative party. the conservative animal welfare foundation, the founders are really upset because they worked closely with th
that and i think we can but we have to do it in a way that is safer. in southend, residents gathered outside the civic centre for a minutes silence, to remember sir david. later this evening, the residents of leigh on sea will also be holding a candlelit vigil, in memory of their mp. also this hour - questions are asked about how a covid pcr testing lab, that recorded thousands of inaccurate results, won a multi million pound government contract. uncovering the secrets of the solar system a new nasa mission aims to learn more about how the planets were created. and coming up in half an hour it s the media show.
commitment in the tory manifesto to introduce a ban on the former ivory trade. it was something many conservatives were very concerned about. what david did was push that back on the agenda. we now have an ivory act and that is down to mps like david who were concerned in the house, recognise we had a duty in the uk to end the significant trade in ivory that was being passed off as ivory before 1948. actually it was ivory from animals that have been poached in recent years, we lose 20,000 elephants in africa each year so there is a need to tighten these rules and david was behind that and worked with other mp5. people like michael gove and then push forward legislation we now have and we can be grateful to david for that. he was a great dog owner and champion of dogs, like myself he got involved in working with many
career, the way you are perceived by the public might not be the way you really are, why did politics to him? curiously enough, we never discussed specifically curiously enough, we never discussed specifically why he came into parliament. it is one of those questions parliament. it is one of those questionsjournalists parliament. it is one of those questions journalists ask mps but mps don t ask each other. from what i mps don t ask each other. from what i knew mps don t ask each other. from what i knew of mps don t ask each other. from what i knew of david, he was somebody whos i knew of david, he was somebody who s certainly in public life was absolutely committed to doing the very best absolutely committed to doing the very best for the people he represented. it wasn tjust his constituency spoke up for, he had many constituency spoke up for, he had many causes he cared about and spoke passionately to deliver on those causes passionately to deliver on those causes as pass
into the security of mps when they meet their constituents something seen as central to their role. one senior mp tobias ellwood has suggested that face to face meetings should no longer take place. our political correspondent, peter saul, reports. hello there. nice to meet you. scenes like this have long been a feature of our politics. it might not look as exciting as the fierce debates we sometimes see in parliament, but it is just as important. a chance for mps to meet the very people they are elected to represent. sir david amess was far from alone in holding a constituency surgery yesterday, and his death has raised questions about whether something so fundamental in our democracy can still be safe. acts of this are absolutely wrong and we cannot let that get in the way of our functioning democracy. so that is why there are measures under way right now, i have convened meetings yesterday,