I MUST respond to the letter ('Foxes before people', June 30) about time being made available for the fox hunting debate, but not tobacco advertising.

These are both important issues. It is not a question of foxes being more important than the well being of people. It is the cruelty of people, who do not give the fox a choice in its well being.

J D Hill,

Clifton Green, York.

Updated: 12:34 Monday, July 09, 2001