Hunting Act 2004

Saturday 20 November 2004 at 6:11 pm | In News | Post Comment

It has arrived: the ban on fox (and any other mammal) hunting (and hare coursing). Seven hundred hours of parliamentary time given to the passing of a very short Act of only 17 sections.
We have resisted commenting on the progress of the Bill until the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 were used to ensure its final stage. Immediately it received Royal Assent a challenge was made in the High court because the Parliament Act 1949 is thought to be invalid. We expect that every other form of legal action possible will follow. Feelings run very high on this debate, and outside parliament are evenly divided. The whole process, we predict, will give a thorough airing to the processes of democracy and the role of parliament.

The Hunting Act 2004 is here.

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