The group said pro-hunt campaigners would demonstrate at every stage of the Bill - which outlaws stag hunting and hare coursing and restricts fox hunting.

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Mr Wilson said the vote to ban hare coursing at the consideration stage of the Wildlife and Natural Environment Bill had been "historic".

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David Hare, meanwhile, has been writing two more Page Eight television plays, with Bill Nighy as MI5 officer Johnny Worricker.

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