Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 3566

Gun Sports: Lead

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Dr Ellie Chowns

Green PartyNorth Herefordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the report by R.E. Green, M.A. Taggart and D.J. Pain et al. entitled Outcomes from monitoring the fourth year of a five-year voluntary transition from hunting with lead to non-lead sho

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The use of lead shot in England and Wales is already prohibited in specific circumstances by existing legislation – including on all foreshores, and in or over specified sites of special scientific interest, predominantly wetlands. The Health and Safety E...

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