Brighton’s Conservatives against fox hunting ban repeal

It is widely accepted that the ban on fox hunting will be reviewed by the Conservatives if (when) they win this year’s general election.

Labour’s Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has claimed that David Cameron will make repealing the ban “a priority” on taking up office, but Brighton’s conservatives do not appear to share this viewpoint.

Charlotte Vere, the Conservative candidate for Brighton Pavilion, has publicly stated that she stands on the side of keeping the ban intact.

On her blog, Ms Vere said: “A few days after being selected as the Parliamentary Candidate for Brighton Pavilion, I was asked to sign up to Vote Cruelty Free. Although foxhunting is a minor issue on the doorstep, compared with say the desperate state of our economy or our disgraceful national debt, I believe that the majority of people in Brighton Pavilion do not support a repeal of the Hunting Act. So, I signed up.”

She also confirmed that her colleagues in Brighton Kemptown (Simon Kirby) and Hove and Portslade (Mike Weatherley) have also signed up.

The Hunting Act was launched in 2005 but has only resulted in a handful of prosecutions. It allows for the hunting of a fox’s scent with dogs but not the killing of the animal.

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Posted by on January 6, 2010. Filed under Brighton and Hove News,Brighton Politics,Charlotte Vere,Conservatives,Mike Weatherley,Simon Kirby. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
  • mhayworth

    Very strange that in an article where you appear to be proud of those signing up to Vote Cruelty Free, you also mention some of the spin that the Countryside Alliance is using in saying:

    'The Hunting Act was launched in 2005 but has only resulted in a handful of prosecutions'

    This is entirely untrue, particularly if you include prosecutions for hare coursing – which David Cameron will also legalise if he repeals this act!

  • BrightonBlogger

    'A handful' is admittedly a poor choice of words if taken in the literal sense. However, prosecutions have been too few to make a real impact on stamping out fox hunting. Would you not agree?

  • http://www.conservativesagainstfoxhunting.com Blue Fox

    conservativesagainstfoxhunting.com was launched in January 2010. 62% of Conservative supporters are against a repeal and want the Hunting Act to remain.Please visit the web site for further information.

  • Steve Foley

    As a former Conservative Councillor in Hove I am delighted that the three Conservative Candidates in the Constituencies of the City by The Sea are against the repeal of the ban on Hunting with Dogs. To me fox hunting is intensely cruel but Hare Coursing is an even worse abomination as the poor hare, a beautiful creature which cannot be considered a pest as can the fox, seldom if ever escapes being caught and torn to bits by the hounds. Some can defend Fox Hunting as a colourful spectacle, which it is but this can be continued as “Drag Hunting” where a scented lure is chased but no creature is killed. Hare Coursing on the other hand is simply gross sadism and blood-lust and I hope it never is permitted to soil England’s Green and Pleasant Land ever again!

  • http://torypartyflushed.blogspot.com Jeremy Smyles

    The Conservative Party is the only political movement against making Britain a BLOODSPORT FREE ZONE. For more comment see; http://torypartyflushed.blogspot.com