Editing Hunting Act 2004 (section)

=== Opponents of the bill ===
*Countryside Alliance<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countryside-alliance.org/hunting-act-must-go/|title=The Hunting Act must go - Countryside Alliance|date=11 May 2017|access-date=22 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="secrettory"/>
*[[Theresa May]], later [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-40491921 |title=Fox hunting vote shelved by government |publisher=BBC News |date=4 July 2017 |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/what-is-fox-hunting-and-why-was-it-banned |title=What is fox hunting and why was it banned? |first=Mark |last=Carwardine |website=Discover Wildlife |date=1 January 2022 |access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="secrettory"/>
*[[Clarissa Dickson Wright]], celebrity cook, writer, journalist and TV host<ref>{{Cite news |last=Morris |first=Steven |date=2014-03-17 |title=TV chef Clarissa Dickson Wright dies |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/17/clarissa-dickson-wright-tv-chef-dies-two-fat-ladies |access-date=2025-05-31 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[Charles III]], later King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, allegedly commented that "if hunting was banned, he might as well leave the country and spend the rest of his life skiing".<ref name="Prince Charles on hunting">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/oct/17/prince-charles-policy-britain-run|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2012-10-17 | location=London|first1=Rob|last1=Evans|first2=Robert|last2=Booth|title=Princely opinions: Charles has his say about the running of Britain}}</ref>
*[[Jeremy Irons]], actor and activist<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/feb/21/hunting.ruralaffairs |title=Both sides claim victory as hunts stick to rules |first=Owen |last=Bowcott |newspaper=The Guardian |date=21 February 2005 |access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[Jeremy Clarkson]], journalist and broadcaster<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davies |first=Caroline |date=2012-12-17 |title=David Cameron's local hunt convicted after RSPCA prosecution |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/dec/17/david-cameron-hunt-convicted-rspca |access-date=2025-05-31 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[Otis Ferry]], son of musician Bryan Ferry<ref>{{cite news |author=Jones, G. |date=16 September 2004 |title=Hunt brawl in Commons |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1471835/Hunt-brawl-in-Commons.html |accessdate=27 December 2008 |publisher=Telegraph |location=London}}</ref>
*[[Roger Waters]], bassist in Pink Floyd<ref>{{cite news |date=4 October 2005 |title=Roger Waters: French Revolution |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/roger-waters-french-revolution-509524.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005013607/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/roger-waters-french-revolution-509524.html |archive-date=5 October 2010 |access-date=29 May 2014 |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>
*[[Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust]], a British charitable organisation using science to promote game and wildlife management as an essential part of nature conservation<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wildlife is suffering – from those unwilling to compromise - Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust |url=https://www.gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2020/may/wildlife-is-suffering-%E2%80%93-from-those-unwilling-to-compromise/ |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=www.gwct.org.uk}}</ref>
*[[Farmers' Union of Wales]], a member organisation, was formed in 1955 to protect and advance the interests of those who derive an income from Welsh agriculture<ref name="widdecombe_and_farmers"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/436738/Ministers-consider-relaxing-anti-fox-hunting-laws-which-would-allow-full-pack-of-hounds |title=Ministers consider relaxing anti-fox hunting laws which would allow full pack of hounds |first=Dion |last=Dassanayake |newspaper=Daily Express |date=14 October 2013|access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[The Middle Way Group]], a group of Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and [[Plaid Cymru]] parliamentarians<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1489211/Hunt-ban-has-caused-rise-in-fox-suffering.html |title=Hunt ban 'has caused rise in fox suffering' |first=Charles |last=Clover |date=3 May 2005 |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/06/08/brian-fanshawe-master-cottesmore-hunt-renowned-horsemanship/ |title=Brian Fanshawe, Master of the Cottesmore Hunt who was renowned for his horsemanship and his prolific fox-catching – obituary |date=8 June 2019 |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |access-date=29 March 2024}}</ref>
*Union of Country Sports Workers, a former trade union<ref>{{Cite web |last=Portwin |first=Polly |date=2015-05-12 |title=Country sports trade union to be dissolved |url=https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/union-of-country-sports-workers-492821 |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=Horse & Hound |language=en}}</ref>