In opposing the commission's recommendations last year, panel member Rev Canon Dr James Woodward argued there was not a sufficient ethical, moral and social consensus behind calls for change.

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Michael Krensavage, an analyst at investment bank Raymond James, has argued that such a strategy could spare Merck massive damages.

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Conservative frontbencher James Gray instead argued voters would be puzzled why so much time was being wasted on hunting when soldiers were dying in Iraq and the NHS was in "crisis".

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