 The passing of the Hunting Act was also notable in that it was implemented through the use of the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 after the House of Lords refused to pass the legislation, despite the Commons passing it by a majority of 356 to 166.There was considerable opposition to the ban, and nearly half a million people marched in support for fox hunting, a comparable number to those protesting Labour's support for the war in Iraq.Scotland, which has its own devolved Parliament, restricted fox hunting in 2002, more than two years before the ban in England and Wales.