David Cameron MP. Bonding with his beleaguered minority constituents: first hunting with the Heythrop, then Morris dancing in Bampton. Explains reasons for preserving both, along with thoughts of reality TV.

Patrick Wintour. The standing committee of Commons voted that hunts will only be allowed if they are needed to control pests. The members disagreed as to the definition of 'pest'.

Patrick Wintour, chief political correspondent. Bill Swann, writing to a member of the Commons rural affairs select committee: "I am firmly of the view that the hunting bill provides the means to achieve what we have been campaigning for and bring about the end of the sport of hunting."

Mick Connaughton. This year could be the last that point-to-pointing takes place in its traditional format, as it has always relied heavily on voluntary labour from the local fox hunt to man the car parks, sell racecards and the hundred other tasks required to make a meeting run smoothly. At best the current bill being debated in Parliament will drastically reduce the number of hunts and therefore the number of point-to-points.

Charles Clover and Andrew Sparrow. Dr Douglas Wise, a lecturer from Cambridge University, criticised the Bill's definition of 'utility' because it excludes economic, environmental, social or cultural reasons. If applied generally, it would ban farming to produce meat, poultry, fish or eggs, as well as fishing and shooting. "The Government's presumption that it is wrong to take the lives of wild animals for recreation or entertainment is inconsistent with its declared commitment not to interfere with other field sports."

Andrew Sparrow, political correspondent. Animal rights activists who donated £1 million to the Labour Party could receive state funding under the Hunting Bill. Rob Marris, a Labour member of the committee, said it was "odd" but the amendment to remove it was defeated.

Benedict Brogan, political correspondent. Mr Michael accused of reneging on his promise to base the Bill on evidence rather than politics.

Kate Hoey, Labour MP for Vauxhall and a former Minister for Sport. In the proposed legislation, the "utility" test is recognised only when a species is deemed to be a pest and no account is taken of the impact hunting has on the management and conservation of natural habitat and wildlife, but only as a method to reduce population numbers. Game-shooting and coarse fishing would be drawn in by the same criteria.

Carl Yapp. The Middle Way Group is conducting research to determine whether it is worse for a fox to be hunted down or shot to death. LACS is against hunting, shooting and the research itself.