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==Proposed Conservative amendments== The 2015 Conservative Government proposed "technical" amendments to the Act. These were officially postponed on 14 July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/amendments-to-hunting-act-proposed|title=Amendments to Hunting Act proposed|date=14 July 2015|publisher=gov.uk|access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref> At the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 election]] [[Theresa May]] pledged to hold a free vote on repealing the Hunting Act if the Conservative Party won a majority.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mason |first1=Rowena |title=May says she will hold free vote on allowing foxhunting if elected |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/09/theresa-may-foxhunting-ban-free-vote-general-election-conservatives |access-date=1 December 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=9 May 2017 |language=en}}</ref> These plans were scrapped in January 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Michael |title=May drops manifesto promise to allow foxhunting vote |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/07/theresa-may-drops-manifesto-promise-to-allow-foxhunting-vote |access-date=1 December 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=7 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref> At the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 election]] the Conservative Party announced that they would not make any changes to the Hunting Act leading to suggestions that the Conservatives would no longer oppose the Hunting Ban.<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 Manifesto |url=https://assets-global.website-files.com/5da42e2cae7ebd3f8bde353c/5dda924905da587992a064ba_Conservative%202019%20Manifesto.pdf |publisher=Conservative Party |access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=General election: Conservatives set to ditch fox-hunting pledge in manifesto |url=https://news.sky.com/story/general-election-conservatives-set-to-ditch-fox-hunting-pledge-in-manifesto-11864897 |access-date=1 December 2020 |work=Sky News |agency=Sky News |date=19 November 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Animal lovers hail Conservative manifesto pledge to abandon revival of fox-hunting |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fox-hunting-conservative-manifesto-legal-carrie-symonds-a9216126.html |newspaper=The Independent |first=Jane |last=Dalton|date=24 November 2019 |language=en|access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref>
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