AS the three members of Ledbury Hunt who stormed the Commons returned home on police bail in the early hours of yesterday morning, Worcester MP Michael Foster called for "wholesale" changes to be made to security in the Palace of Westminster.

Mr Foster told the Evening News that while attendants did their job in the Commons in the sense that they stopped three of the eight protesters getting on to the floor, the failing was in letting them get as far as they did.

"I would value keeping the central lobby open for constituents and others to lobby Parliament and, wherever possible, keeping the committee rooms as open as possible," he said.

"This is important so that people can see how Parliament works and engage in some of the public meetings that are held in the committee rooms. MPs should not be cut off from the public."

John Holliday, a seasoned huntsman with the Ledbury Hunt, spoke to the Evening News just hours after being released on bail from Charing Cross police station after his part in the most dramatic breach of security in Commons history.

The 36-year-old, who lives with his two sons next to the Ledbury Hunt kennels, had already been out hunting on his return and was planning to take part in the Ledbury Foxhounds meet in Dymock, Gloucestershire, which was due to begin at 3pm today.

While Mr Holliday refused to talk about how he and seven fellow protesters managed to make their way past security officials, he did say that security inside the Commons was questionable.

"There were certainly no signs anywhere telling us that we couldn't enter certain areas," he said.

"So as far as we are concerned we have broken no laws."

Mr Holliday added that fox hunting had been in his family for generations and he did what he did as he "wouldn't be able to live with himself" if he did not do all he could to preserve his way of life for his children.

Fellow protester David Redvers, 34, who has also hunted with the Ledbury Hunt on several occasions, told BBC Radio 4 the plan to get inside Westminster was put together on the back of an envelope 24 hours before.

"We just wanted to make a point and make it as strong as we could," he said.