But although the government is will not take any direct action on fox hunting, Home Secretary Jack Straw has said the government will give its backing to a backbench bill on this issue.
Characters such as Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan and Jack Bauer on Fox's prime-time series 24 are engraved with the same irreverence, patriotism and easiness with violence that 007 has portrayed throughout his 53 years in the service.