Hi,
I'd appreciate hearing any thoughts that people in the UK or elsewhere
might have about the hunting issue in England these days, either on the
list or off.
thanks,
Jim T.
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>Below is the first part of today's Telegraph coverage which can be read at
>this link
>http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=000659276559150&rtmo=lvl7Qont&atmo=rrrrrrrq
>&pg=/et/00/12/8/nhunt08.html
>
>FOX hunting could be made illegal by Christmas 2001 as ministers come
>under growing pressure from their MPs to push ahead with a ban.
>
>The legislation has been put at the top of the agenda for the
>parliamentary year that has just started. This appears to be a deliberate
>decision by Labour to make it a general election issue. The Bill setting
>out three possible options is being published today. It will get its
>Second Reading in the Commons on Monday week, making it the first piece of
>legislation from this week's Queen's Speech to go before MPs.
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