Pointless: Grant Shapps said holding a vote for lifting the ban with such strong opposition would be a waste of time The ban on hunting with dogs will not be overturned, Tory chairman Grant Shapps declared yesterday. Speaking on the day that a quarter of a million supporters turned out for Boxing Day hunts, he said there was no chance of getting the majority needed to scrap Labour's law. Earlier, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said he was not expecting a vote in 2013, because it was clear the Government would lose. And yesterday the outspoken new head of the RSPCA, Gavin Grant, taunted David Cameron on his failure to bring forward a vote on fox hunting – telling him it was because he knows he will lose.
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Grant Shapps defended decision to delay vote on hunting ban
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The Tory Party chairman said vote on lifting ban on hunting with dogs 'pointless' due to strong parliamentary opposition
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Mr Shapps' comments came as hunting parties with hounds gathered for the annual Boxing Day event
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