Shadow secretary repeats hunting promise
The Conservative Party has pledged that a vote on whether to overturn the hunting ban will appear on its election manifesto, according to shadow environment minister Nick Herbert, who made the announcement at Peterborough Foxhound Show (22 July).
And, on Monday, a spokesman for the Tories confirmed this, saying: “We have agreed that if we were to win the next parliament, we would hold a free vote on hunting.”
Countryside Alliance spokesman Tim Bonner said: “It is crucially important. Nick was saying it is not just about getting rid of a bad law, but also a personal issue for a number of MPs.”
This article was first published in Horse & Hound (30 July, ’09)
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.