Andrew Sparrow, political correspondent. Lord Whitty, the environment minister in charge of the Hunting Bill, announced that the Government would not willingly accept any of the 100-plus amendments tabled by backbench peers. Said peers were not impressed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1444778/Whitty-fury-as-peers-savage-hunting-Bill.html

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The Duke of Westminster is to host a rally on Declaration Day which will encourage peaceful civil disobedience if a hunting ban is passed into law.

http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/chesterchronicle/content_objectid=13499260_method=full_siteid=50020_headline=-Pro-hunt-activists-to-fight--unjust--law-on-Duke-s-land-name_page.html

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Leader. Considers the Bill to ban hunting with dogs "one of the most hypocritical Bills of modern time" and that if animal welfare were truly the aim of the Bill, the Government would be addressing the far worse (yet legal) abuse of millions of birds and

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,6903,1066158,00.html

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The House of Lords on Tuesday reversed a complete ban on fox hunting in legislation approved by the House of Commons, and sent it back to the Commons for another vote.

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/10/21/britain.foxhunt.ap/

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The peers reinstated the plans for a registration system originally proposed by the government but later rejected in the House of Commons. The committee stages of the bill continue in the Lords on Wednesday next week.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3208776.stm

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Patrick Wintour, chief political correspondent. A bill to ban hunting with dogs was blocked by pro-hunting peers in protest at the time allocated to its debate.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1073931,00.html

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Andrew Forgrave and Sam Lister. A protest hunt is to be held on the Duke of Westminster's Eaton estate on the Welsh borders, at which riders and followers will pledge to break the law if hunting is banned.

http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regionalnews/content_objectid=13499053_method=full_siteid=50142_headline=-Duke-backs-hunt-rally-name_page.html

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Robert Skidelsky, Professor of Political Economy at Warwick University and a cross bench peer in the House of Lords, explains why the law would be invalid.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2003/10/08/do0801.xml

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Graham Tibbetts. 44 per cent believe anti-hunting Labour MPs are motivated by class war rather than animal welfare, according to an ICM poll published yesterday. 38 per cent backed a complete ban, 30 per cent supported a licensing system and 24 per cent a

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1443217/%27Class-war%27-behind-vote-against-hunt.html

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The fox hunting fraternity of Cheshire, Merseyside, Manchester and North Wales will take to the streets at Eaton Aerodrome on November 1 in a bid to stop hunting being banned.

http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/content_objectid=13508929_method=full_siteid=50061_headline=-Hunters-take-to-streets-in-protest-name_page.html

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