Germans, for instance, have long made it a hobby to drive suitcases of cash over their border to Luxembourg, where banks may not pass on information to foreign tax authorities.

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The result has been an open process, when the Backbench Business Committee could very easily have turned into a mechanism for allowing debates on the hobby horse subjects of its members.

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"Plaintiffs have not cited, and the court has not found, any case concluding that secular, for-profit corporations such as Hobby Lobby and Mardel have a constitutional right to the free exercise of religion, " the ruling said.

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Mr Chance was also an expert on birds' eggs and was considered to have one of the best collections in the country at a time when the hobby was deemed acceptable.

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