Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 102118
Game: Gun Sports
Tabled: 2 January 2026
Answered: 8 January 2026
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) licensing shoots and (b) making the penalty for using snares the loss of such a licence.
Answer
Mary CreaghDefra is considering the most effective way to deliver its commitment to ban the use of snares in England and will be setting out next steps in due course. The use of snares is commonly associated with gamebird shooting. Defra has not yet made any formal ...
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