December 2001 News and Media Protection of Wild Mammals Bill-Scotland

Kirsty Scott. A bill to ban mounted fox hunting in Scotland, the first part of the UK to prohibit the practice, is expected to become law some time next year.

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• BBC: Safety warning for hunt ban MSPs - Officers responsible for policing the parliament said they met a news and media group of campaigners who had made clear their intention to news and media disrupt parliamentary business and harass MSPs.
• Guardian: Countryside campaigners march on Scottish parliament - Gerard Seenan. News coverage about the 15,000 people 2001 who took part in its March on the 2001 Mound demonstration in Edinburgh\\'s Meadows to protest at 2001 the handling of countryside issues by the Scottish 2001 parliament.
• Telegraph: MSPs reject payout for hunt workers - By Tom Peterkin, Scottish Political Correspondent. Members of the Scottish Parliament\\'s rural development committee voted six to five against an amendment proposing that the Scottish Executive subsidise those whose livelihoods will be destroyed when the B
• Guardian: Scottish hunts prepare for last hurrah - Kirsty Scott. A bill to ban mounted fox hunting in Scotland, the first part of the UK to prohibit the practice, is expected to become law some time next year.

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