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Explaination of what may happen next in the move to ban hunting with dogs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3208106.stm
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BBC Breakfast with Frost: Peter Hain
Peter Hain said the government would force nothing through parliament, including a hunting bill,
although they need to resolve the issue and end cruelty to animals.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast_with_frost/3250772.stm
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Yorkshire Today
Brendan Carlin, political editor, and Rob Waugh. Farming Minister Lord Whitty last night said that
the Government still believed that there was no case for compensating people or businesses
adversely affected by a ban, despite the ruling by the parliamentary joint committee.
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CNS News: Stage Set For UK Hunting Showdown
Mike Wendling. Summarises the progress of the Hunting Bill so far, including the probable impact of
the report by the parliamentary joint committee which ruled it fell afoul of Europe-wide human
rights laws by not providing compensation.
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=%5CForeignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200311%5CFOR20....
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Guardian: Outfoxed by Tony's carrot
Zoe Williams looks at the actions ministers and the MPs, the lack of ethical consistency in the
banning of hunting, and the odd tradeoff of supporting a hunting ban for supporting foundation
hospitals.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/hunt/Story/0,2763,1092540,00.html
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Guardian: Fox hunt ban 'breaches human rights law'
Patrick Wintour, chief political correspondent. Reactions from government ministers on the ruling
that plans to ban fox hunting breach European human rights law by failing to offer adequate
compensation.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1092563,00.html
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BBC News: Speculation mounts on hunting ban
Speculation is mounting about whether Tony Blair will take on the House of Lords and force through
measures to outlaw fox hunting.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3233890.stm
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Western Daily Press: Human Rights Blow to Blair's Hunt Ban Bid
Tony Blair's attempts to ban hunting were plunged into chaos today because the controversial bill
breaches human rights legislation, according to Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights.
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Independent: Labour to abolish hereditary peers' voting rights in revenge for defiance
Andy McSmith, political editor. Labour is planning to bring legislation forward to make
fox-hunting, hare-coursing and stag-hunting illegal, when the pro-hunting majority in the Lords has
been pared down by the removal of the hereditaries and the appointment of a new batch of life
peers.
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Times: Blair plans to force through hunt ban and Lords changes
Philip Webster, political editor. The Government is dropping plans for a backbench Bill and will
reintroduce the previous Bill. Tony Blair told ministers that the House of Lords must be confronted
if it continued to frustrate the will of the elected Commons. Peter Hain claimed a ban would bring
extra security, opportunities, democracy and greater economic stability.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-906500,00.html
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Telegraph: Blair backs private anti-foxhunt Bill
George Jones, political editor. Peter Hain, Leader of the Commons, yesterday promised
"discussions" on ways of achieving a ban in the face of renewed opposition from the House
of Lords.
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/24/nvote124.xml
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Sunday Times: Blow to Labour MPs as hunting bill is shelved
David Cracknell, political editor. A Bill outlawing hunting with hounds has been left out of this
week's Queen's speech, but Downing Street may promise to back a private member's bill next year.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-904779,00.html
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Guardian: Sticking points
Debate still rages on whether the Parliament Act can be used to force through a ban on hunting,
while Downing Street fears a showdown with the Lords. It could be reintroduced as a private
member's bill.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1090729,00.html
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Guardian Politics: Warfare between peers and commoners
Sarah Hall and Julian Glover. Using the Parliament Act to override peers and force through a
hunting ban is certain to spark anger and maybe resistance to legislation removing the remaining 92
hereditary peers. Ministers will see any obstruction as a direct challenge, especially as an
election nears, and the battle is bound to be bloody.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1090727,00.html
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Telegraph: Blair struck hunting deal to win health vote
Colin Brown and Francis Elliott. The Prime Minister and Peter Hain, in one-to-one meetings with
some Labour MPs, promised to allow yet another hunting bill in order to stave off a humiliating
defeat of Blair's foundation hospitals legislation.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/23/nhunt23.xml
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Guardian: Cabinet weighs up tactics on hunting issue
Patrick Wintour. The cabinet will meet in a special session today ahead of the Queen's Speech with
ministers yet to decide whether they will use the Parliament Act to force through a ban on hunting.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1088235,00.html
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Times: Hunting ban may infringe human rights
David Charter, chief political correspondent. Ministers were warned yesterday by the parliamentary
Joint Committee on Human Rights that the Bill to ban hunting with dogs would almost certainly face
a court challenge for infringing human rights.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-899772,00.html
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Independent - Queen's Speech will not include ban on hunting
Andrew Grice, political editor. A prime ministerial aide said yesterday: "We know there are
concerns on hunting. We are looking at different ways of addressing them."
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Guardian: Rules for rural dissidents
John Jackson, Chairman of the Countryside Alliance, replies to David McKie's column about Gandhi's
new disciples.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/letters/story/0,3604,1084755,00.html
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Guardian: Gandhi's new disciples
David McKie. Will the supporters of civil disobedience in the face of an unfair law, including the
pro-hunters, be happy to apply the same principle to causes beside their own?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1083741,00.html
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Times: Human rights hope for hunt supporters
David Charter, chief political correspondent. Now that it's a complete ban, MPs and peers on
Parliament¹s joint committee on human rights have demanded clarification from Defra ministers on
two key points before clearing the Hunting Bill of a possible infringement.
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Telegraph: Jockeys risk prison over hunt ban
Graham Tibbetts. The National Hunt fraternity, including jockeys such as Richard Johnson, is
determined to protect foxhunting and its close relation point-to-point, which acts as a
"nursery" for racehorses, riders and trainers.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/05/njock05.xml
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Guardian: Blair urged to defy Lords and force through fox hunting ban
Patrick Wintour, chief political correspondent. Tony Blair is being told by cabinet ministers to
risk a confrontation with the House of Lords by forcing through a ban on fox hunting in the next
parliamentary session.
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1077199,00.html
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Telegraph: Blair still ready to force ban on hunting
Benedict Brogan, political correspondent. Downing Street has until the Queen's Speech on Nov 26 to
decide whether to introduce a new Bill in the next session that could be forced through using the
Parliament Act if peers try to block it.
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Times: Mr Big takes rider to the forefront of hunt protest
Patrick Barkham. A mother of two explains Declaration Day: "Can you really put this many
people in prison? That was the point of it. There are some lovely old ladies who hunt and all our
friends would be in prison with us so it wouldn't be too bad."
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Times: 'Anarchy' in Lords on hunting
Melissa Kite, political correspondent. The Hunting Bill will be left out of the Queen's Speech
unless ministers can figure out a workable approach to the problem.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-878645,00.html
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BBC News: Peers 'abused power on hunting'
Asked if the government planned to use the Parliament Act, Lord Falconer told BBC One's Breakfast
with Frost he could not reveal what would be in this month's Queen's Speech.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3234803.stm
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Independent: Supporters will defy fox-hunting ban
Marie Woolf, chief political correspondent. A spokesman for the Association of Chief Police
Officers said: "Those who are proposing civil disobedience need to understand that the police
will take action."
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Telegraph: Government determined to ban hunting
Peter Hain, the Leader of the Commons, said, "We will have to find a way of ensuring that a
ban on cruelty to animals, which was what the House of Commons voted for overwhelmingly and what
the people supported in two general elections, is implemented." However Mr Hain did not say
whether any new legislation would involve a total ban on hunting with hounds.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/02/uhunt.xml
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Independent: 'It would make a good Ealing comedy,' said our lady of the protest. 'Carry On Hunting!'
Severin Carrell. Eye witness accounts of several fox-hunters pledging civil disobedience to defy a
ban on their sport and explaining why.
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News24.com: Hunters vow to defy ban
SA. Describes the history of the government's hunting bill and its change from regulation to
complete ban. South Africa.
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1439205,00.html
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Telegraph: Blair vows to force through hunt ban
Colin Brown, political editor. Ministers confirmed last night that the Hunting Bill will be
reintroduced in the next session of Parliament, and they plan to use the Parliament Act if
necessary to force the measure through. Includes slideshow of the first day of the hunting season.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/02/nfox02.xml
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BBC News: Hunt supporters defiant over ban
Organisers said 37,000 protesters at 11 rallies on Saturday and one on Friday, to mark the first
day of the new hunting season, signed a pledge to ignore any ban. Includes video clip.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3232863.stm
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Observer: Hunts open new season with pledge to defy ban
Mark Townsend. More than 60,000 attended protest meetings at a dozen sites through out Britain,
with the majority signing a declaration to continue hunting and risk a criminal record if
Parliament passes a Bill banning foxhunting.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1076234,00.html
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Telegraph: Hunting 'beats a peerage'
Graham Tibbetts. Lord Mancroft spoke to thousands of countryside supporters prepared to attend 12
mass meets today to demonstrate their determination to flout any ban.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/11/01/nhunt01.xml
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ic Wales: Support wild animal bill, say farmers
Landowners and farmers have urged the Government to give Parliamentary time to Lord Donoughue's
Bill to amend the Wild Mammals Protection Act, making it an offence intentionally to cause undue
suffering to a wild mammal.
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