Background
Hart was born in Wolverhampton, grew up in the Cotswolds, and attended Radley College before the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester.
Hart was born in Wolverhampton, grew up in the Cotswolds, and attended Radley College before the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester.
Radley College; Royal Agricultural University.
He worked as a Chartered Surveyor in Carmarthen and Haverfordwest and served with the Territorial Army for five years in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (part of The Royal Wessex Yeomanry). Hart was Master of the South Pembrokeshire Hunt for 10 years from 1988 to the end of the 1997/8 season. Hart was Chief Executive of the pro-hunting Countryside Alliance, 2003-2010, stepping down after his election as Member of Parliament. He is currently in receipt of £30,000 per annum for 8 hours work per week from them.
Hart has been the Member of Parliament for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire since 2010.
Countryside Alliance and Animal Rights
Hart is an outspoken supporter of hunting and the badger cull. He actively campaigns to overturn the 2004 Hunting Bill and assist the National Farmers Union of England and Wales.
Upon stepping down as Chief Executive of the Countryside Alliance, Hart received a one off severance payment equivalent to 6 months" salary. In January, 2013, Hart said the RSPCA"s legal role needs more oversight given its "political and commercial activities".
He said that the RSPCA a duty to spend its members" money wisely.
He remarked that "gulf between the very good activity of inspectors on the ground whose principal concern is animal welfare and the leadership whose principal concern seems to be animal rights.".
55th United Kingdom Parliament. 56th United Kingdom Parliament.