THE Countryside Alliance has revealed plans to fight for the freedom to hunt in the House of Lords and, if necessary, in the courts.
The Alliance, which launched its Democracy Going to the Dogs campaign at the Great Yorkshire Show, will seek to persuade the Lords that the Hunting Bill should be based on regulation that will cover all forms of hunting with dogs, based on evidence and proper definitions of utility and least suffering.
If Gvernment backbenchers continue to reject the approach the Alliance is prepared to mount a challenge in the courts under the Human Rights Act. It will also challenge any projected use of the Parliament Act in the courts, with the help of leading constitutional lawyers.
Alliance chairman John Jackson said, "This campaign will reflect the determination of decent people never to submit to unjust laws. It will be long and arduous, but our widespread support, and the justice of our cause, will sap the political will of our opponents and those who might give in to them."
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