Just what do members of the Crawley and Horsham hunt hope to achieve by their House of Commons protest against a possible hunt ban (The Argus, June 14)?

Their pathetic vigil is hardly likely to force the Government to abandon its Hunt Bill, which has come about after all the arguments have been debated at length and on more than one occasion.

Does the hunting fraternity hope to overturn the democratic process? Hunt members would be more usefully employed seeking proper jobs for the few professional huntsmen who are destined to lose their outdated and useless occupations.

-Peter Allen, Chute Avenue, Worthing