Archive Article: 2001/01/19

19 January 2001

Sleeping tough…members of the Countryside Alliance sent out a defiant message to MPs during a three-day vigil in Parliament Square ahead of Wednesdays hunting vote. Farm minister Nick Brown said he would vote for a ban. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Tony Blair passed the FW/Horse and Hound Hands off Hunting, Mr Blair petition to the Home Office saying it was not a matter for Downing Street.