Let's hope you'll be satisfied with this, Mr Foster

He states that this issue should be left for MPs to decide upon, then goes on to state that it was part of their manifesto commitment.

Perhaps he'd like to explain just what other manifesto commitments have been met by his excuse for a Government.

Let me remind him of rising crime within his constituency; about rising NHS waiting lists; of increased taxes; of how worthless our pensions are under this Government. And all that bothers him is foxhunting.

This is a class issue. He's on a crusade. He and the member for Brent, Tony Banks, have one thing in common. Neither represent a constituency where hunting takes place!

Michael Foster would have been unheard of, had it not been for the hunting issue. He now has the audacity to claim that the issue should be left to MPs.

I challenged him to debate the issue of hunting in Worcester several times in 1999. On every occasion, he rejected my offer.

I'd be delighted to debate the issue with him in front of his constituents but, sadly, he won't.

The Bill before Parliament, which seeks to ban hunting, would cause severe cruelty to the animal kingdom, if it were ever to become law. I hope you'll be satisfied with that, Mr Foster.

TIM PINNEY,

Peopleton,

Pershore.