The following exchanges are recorded as part of Prime Minister Questions on 8th July:

Q9. [900824] Steve McCabe (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab): I am told that the Prime Minister may be planning a vote shortly using {the upcoming debate on EVEL (English Votes for English Laws) to repeal our hunting laws Will this be a case of English hunting for English foxes?

The Prime Minister: No, it will be an opportunity for the House of Commons to debate an issue and then have a vote, as we were discussing earlier. I do not know what everyone else came here for, but I think that that is quite a good idea.

.............(later in the debate)

Jo Cox (Batley and Spen) (Lab): With people queuing to access food banks in my constituency, does the Prime Minister think it is a priority for the country to bring back fox hunting?

The Prime Minister: I think the priority for the country is to keep going with a growing economy that has seen 2 million more people in work, an economy that is going to see 3 million apprentices in the next Parliament, and an economy that is cutting taxes for hard-working people. That is the priority, and that is what the House is going to hear about in a minute or two.

The Independent provides the following article:

David Cameron to give MPs a free vote on the fox hunting ban

However Labour will campaign hard to oppose the move. Maria Eagle, Labour’s shadow rural affairs secretary, said: “David Cameron is resorting to desperate measures to bring back fox hunting. The Tories had to abandon their plans to bring forward a free vote in the last parliament because they knew they’d lose and today’s news shows they still don’t have the numbers.

“David Cameron’s proposals have more to do with controlling his back benchers than fox numbers in the countryside and Labour will oppose any such measures.

“The Tories should be focussing on the real issues facing rural communities like low-wages and a lack of affordable and adequate transport and housing.”

BBC News Report can be read HERE :MPs to vote on changes to fox hunting laws

The plan for debating English Votes for English Laws is planned to be published on 13th July and discussed on 15th July.

To express any view of "sneaking in" discussions on the topic of fox hunting , please copy in the Leader of the House of Commons, Chris Grayling MP; mailto:commonsleader@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

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The proposal to debate Hunting as been published in this weeks list of Parliamentary Business

The proposed Statutory Instrument is attached for information

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