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Hunting vote delayed after SNP U-turn Hunting vote delayed after SNP U-turn
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A vote on relaxing the Hunting Act has been postponed after the SNP said it would oppose the changes. A vote on relaxing the Hunting Act on Wednesday has been postponed after the SNP said it would oppose the changes.
The SNP's intervention meant the reforms, which would only apply in England and Wales, were unlikely to win a Commons majority. The party had previously said fox hunting was the kind of issue it was unlikely to vote on.
MPs were due to consider the change with a free vote on Wednesday. But its change of heart meant the plans, which apply to England and Wales only, would be unlikely to get through the House of Commons.
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said changes restricting Scottish MPs' voting rights on non-Scottish issues could now be introduced first. Changes restricting Scottish MPs' voting rights on non-Scottish issues could now be introduced first.
BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said the change to voting rights could "change everything" and "tip the balance back in favour of David Cameron and changing the rules on fox hunting".
The government plans to change Commons rules to allow English, or English and Welsh, MPs a "decisive say" on legislation only applying there.