In the Queen's speech, David Cameron stated that there were no plans to reverse the ban on fox-hunting and there will be a free vote on it only if MPs support a debate. Foxes can be pests and the way we treat pests is to cull them in a humane way.

One question: Where does the concept of 50 dogs, 15 horses and 15 people in red coats all celebrating a good day's torture enter into the argument? On this basis, what's wrong with dog-fighting, cock-fighting or bear baiting? All are barbaric sports that satisfy a bloodlust.

Anthony M Wallis, Stoneygate