Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 43502
Gun Sports: Rural Areas
Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 8 April 2025
Question
Nick Timothy
Conservative — West Suffolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of clay pigeon shooting on (a) business growth and (b) job creation in rural communities.
Answer
Daniel ZeichnerRural areas offer significant potential for growth and are important to our economy, contributing over £315 billion a year to England alone. Defra has not made a formal assessment on contribution of clay pigeon shooting to the rural economy; however, we k...
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