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5:58am, Wed 26 Dec 2012 Hunt ban vote 'not imminent'

300 Boxing Day hunts despite hunting with dogs ban

Last updated Wed 26 Dec 2012

An estimated 300 Boxing Day hunts gather up and down the country despite the ban on hunting with dogs that was passed under Labour in 2005
Campaigners say enforcing the restriction wastes police time, and suggest some officers turn a blind eye to breaches of the law

But David Cameron has been accused of dragging his heels over acting on the coalition agreement promise of a free vote on overturning the ban
Many Tories would support repeal, but most Labour and the Liberal Democrats are still in favour of the ban

Hunt ban vote 'not imminent'

The Environment Secretary says there is no imminent prospect of a vote on repealing the hunting ban. But the Countryside Alliance say are they "confident" the ban will eventually be repealed.

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