The Western Mail: Hunting not a major issue, says Michael
- Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael has risked the wrath of his party by insisting the future of hunting is not a major issue for the public.
- http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/newspolitics/tm_objectid=14172706&method=full&siteid=50082&headline=hunting-not-a-major-issue--says-michael-name_page.html

Guardian: Anti-hunt MPs claim legal high ground in campaign
- Nicholas Watt, political correspondent, reports on the legal battle between Cherie Blair's Matrix and the Countryside Alliance about the applicability of the European Convention on Human Rights to hunting.
- http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1194871,00.html

The Observer: MPs dig in for ban on hunting
- Gaby Hinsliff, chief political correspondent. Labour backbenchers will mount a major push for a ban on hunting with support from a carrot-dangling Government.
- http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1194311,00.html

The Spectator: The last act of a desperate Prime Minister — to bring back the Hunting Bill
- Peter Oborne explains why and how the PM is likely to try again to ban hunting, in a possible election year, in an attempt to reconnect with his almost disenfranchised Labour MPs.
- http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php?table=old&section=current&issue=2004-04-17&id=4516

Telegraph: Blair pressed to ban hunting before summer
- Andrew Sparrow, political correspondent. Sources close to Downing Street and Defra hint that Mr Blair is planning to deal with hunting after the European and local elections, but before the summer recess.
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/04/10/nhunt10.xml