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attracting record numbers, but for the Countryside Alliance minimizes the urgency of the votes to overturn the ban
A group hunting downplayed calls Cabinet to vote freely on the repeal of the ban on fox hunting, to be held as soon as the registration numbers in Britain was Boxing Day meeting.
The Alliance for the country - claiming support for hunting is stronger since the ban took effect -. He said he was "sensitive" and "large" for the government to prioritize the economy over the controversial law
Alicia Barnard, chief executive of the Countryside Alliance, said the organization remains committed to see the ban overturned.
His comments came after two ministers, Jim Paice and Richard Benyon, criticized the ban as unworkable and impractical. Their actions inspired by politicians across the political spectrum to get into a debate that has become such an important part of holiday tradition as the meeting itself.
"The current law simply does not," said Paice. "I am personally in favor of hunting with dogs, and the coalition agreement clearly states that we will have a free vote on whether to repeal the law when there is no time in the parliamentary calendar for do. "
Barnard, who is stepping down after a year in office, told the Guardian: "The economic situation is very serious and people in rural areas are under pressure is not the time. discuss a vote. "
The coalition agreement that the free vote on whether to repeal the ban will take place in 2015. Downing Street has taken pains to say that nothing has changed despite the growing political pressure, and still no timetable for the vote.
Barnard said the Boxing Day hunt "is solidarity and shows the strength of feeling," adding: ".. It is amazing that you can get a lot of people after Christmas, I am proud that "
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